INDONESIAN NOTE WITH PIRING DANCER

 

This is the 2000 rupiah note from Indonesia issued in 2016 with a bust of  Mohammad Husni Thamrin, who is an Indonesian national hero and political thinker, on the front and a Piring dancer and a champak tree flower on the reverse

PIRING DANCING

More indonesian notes HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE

INDONESIAN NOTE WITH EARLY WOMANS RIGHTS ACTIVIST ON THE FRONT

This is a great note from Indonesia its the 10000 rupiah note from 1985. It  has R A Kartini, a womens' right activist and advocate of education for girls, and Prambanan Temple  complex on the front and a female graduate on the back.

More Indonesian notes HERE

TWO INDONESIAN 500 RUPIAH NOTES

The two notes above are both 500 Rupiah notes from the bank Indonesia but from different dates.
the top note with the Urangutan on the front and a traditional Timur house on the reverse, comes from 1992. Where as the other note, which has the Javan Rusa on the front and the Gedung bank building in the dutch colonial city of Cirebon, is from 1988


More Indonesian notes HERE , HERE and HERE

TWO AND A HALF RUPIAH FROM INDONESIA

This note has caused me a bit of a headache. My database is set up to accept whole numbers only so 2 1/2 |Rupiahs doesn't fit !!. will have a look at changing it later today.  In the meantime ......

This Note is an Indonesian 2 1/2 Rupiah note from 1961 with the  theme of "cornfields"

This is the third post about Indonesia and you can find the others HERE and HERE

a few countries use a currency called rupiah or similar - Rupiah, Rupee, Rupie etc

INDONESIA AGAIN

These notes are from Indonesia, thanks to my friends Gail and Andy for digging them out from their holiday fund !!

The first note is the 50,000 Rupiah note from 1999 with Wage Rudolf Soepratman, the man who wrote the Indonesian national anthem, on the front and the reverse has a picture of the Indonesian flag being raised.

the other note is the 1000 Rupiah note from 2000 with Kapitan Pattimura, on the front and boat on a lake on the reverse. The watermark is of Kjut Njak Dien a female leader of the guerilla forces in the Aceh war.

INDONESIA

The republic of Indonesia is the world's largest archipelago , with it's capital city as Jakarta. collonised by the Dutch in the 17th century and occupied by the Japanese in the second part of the WWII (1942 - 45) and gained Independence from the dutch, after UN intervention, in 1949. It has the biggest muslim population in the world and has had internal conflict with it's people in Aceh and in Papua .

Monetary unit: 1 Rupiah = 100 sen (1945 onward )

The notes above are the 1964 "sen" set of notes from 1 - 50 sen printed on slightly thinker paper than would normally be used.

this note is the 1 Rupiah note from 1945 with President Sukarno on the front and  a smoking volcano , possibly Krakatoa, on the reverse.

The note above is the 1992 , 100 Rupiah note with a sailboat on the front and anak krakatoa on the reverse.

More notes added here