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500 Rupiah Goliathus goliatus
| Issuer | Indonesia › Indonesia (1949-date) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the heraldic coat of arms of North Sumatra Province, depicting a shield with mountain peaks, palm trees, a rhinoceros, and a five-pointed star, flanked by a laurel branch on the left and a stylized plant motif on the right, with a ribbon scroll at the base. The legend SUMATERA UTARA arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised Latin lettering. The denomination 500 RUPIAH is inscribed along the lower periphery in raised lettering. |
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| Mintage | 2019 |
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The Goliath beetle depicted on this issue is native to equatorial African rainforests — not Indonesia — which makes its appearance in this series a deliberate choice to showcase biodiversity of global significance rather than endemic fauna alone. Bank Indonesia launched its 2019 non-circulating fauna series partly in response to international conservation advocacy, selecting species whose ecological collapse would carry consequences well beyond any single nation's borders.
Brass at this weight and diameter was chosen to distinguish the commemorative issues from the aluminium-based circulating 500 Rupiah coinage already in pocket use.