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500 Rupiah
| Issuer | Pemegang Kas Kabupaten Nias (Treasury of Nias Regency, Sumatra) |
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| Year | 1949 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note printed on plain paper with a repeated guilloche underprint reading 'KABUPATEN-NIAS' across the entire field. The denomination 'R 500.-' appears twice in large numerals flanking a central oval vignette bearing the overprinted text 'LIMA RATU RUPIAH'; the upper left carries the letterpress inscription 'ALAT PEMBAJAR / Berlaku dalam Kabupaten Nias', while the lower portion bears the authorization text referencing 'Ketetapan Bupati Nias tanggal 5 Januari 1949 / No. 1/1949' with a serial number and letter prefix at upper right. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA Alat-pembayar dianggap Sah seperti ter- sampai XIII No. 1 ta- pertoeran hoe- Daerah Tapanuli Kabupaten Nias Diperiksa oleh Kami Panitia |
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Among the more obscure entries in Indonesian emergency currency, this note was issued by the treasury of Nias Regency — a small administrative unit on the island of Nias, off the western coast of Sumatra — during the turbulent period of the Indonesian National Revolution. Local and regional authorities throughout the archipelago printed their own emergency scrip between 1945 and 1950 when central monetary infrastructure had effectively collapsed, and Nias was geographically isolated enough to make local issuance a practical necessity rather than a political statement.
The Pick S-prefix signals provisional or local issue status. Survival rate for Nias Regency notes is low; they were never intended for long-term use.