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World Paper Money Catalog and History

Indonesia banknotes
Indonesia paper money catalog and Indonesian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Netherlands Indies Guilden = 30 Stuyvers = 120 Duiten, till 1854
  • Netherlands Indies Gulden = 100 Cents, 1854-1949
  • Roepiah = 100 Sen, 1943-1945 (Japanese occupation)
  • Indonesia Rupiah = (Netherlands Indies Gulden) = 100 Sen, 1945/9-1965
  • Indonesia Rupiah = 1.000 old Rupiah, from 1965

• For earlier issues see:
  • Netherlands Indies, till 1949
  • Netherlands New Guinea, 1949-1963

• To purchase Indonesian banknotes, please check ATSnotes world banknotes price list.

Pick #	Date
		Republic, from 1945
13-20	1945	1, 5, 10 sen, 1/2, 1, 5, 10, 100 rupiah
21-24	1947	5, 10, 25, 100 rupiah
25-30	1947	1/2, 2.50, 25, 50, 100, 100, 250 rupiah
31-32	1947	10, 25 sen
33A-35	1948	40, 75, 100, 400, 600 rupiah
35B-35G	1949	10 cents, 1/2, 1, 10, 25, 100 rupiah
36-37	1950	5, 10 rupiah
38-39	1951	1, 2.50 rupiah
40-41	1953	1, 2.50 rupiah
42-48	1952	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 rupiah
49-54	(1957)	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 2.500 rupiah
55-64	1958	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 1.000, 5.000, 5.000 rupiah
65-71	1959	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 rupiah
72-73	1954	1, 2.50 rupiah
74-75	1956	1, 2.50 rupiah
76-77	1960	1, 2.50 rupiah
78-79	1961	1, 2.50 rupiah
79A-B	1961	1, 2.50 rupiah
80-81	1964	1, 2.50 rupiah
82-88	1960	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 rupiah
89-101	1963-4	1, 5, 10, 25, 50 sen, 10, 25, 50, 100, 100, 10.000, 10.000, 10.000 rupiah
102-12	1968	1, 2.50, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 rupiah
113-5	1975	1.000, 5.000, 10.000 rupiah
116-7	1977	100, 500 rupiah
118	1978	10.000 rupiah
119-20	1980	1.000, 5.000 rupiah
121	1982	500 rupiah
122-26	1984	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 rupiah
127-32	1992	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 rupiah
133	1993-4	50.000 rupiah; commemorative "25 years of Development"
134	1993	50.000 rupiah; commemorative "25 years of Development" plastic
135-36	1995-8	20.000, 50.000 rupiah
137-40	1998-99	10.000, 20.000, 50.000, 100.000 rupiah
141-	2000-	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000, 100.000 rupiah

		Irian Barat (former Netherlands New Guinea)
R1-5	1961(1963)	1, 2.50, 5, 10, 100 rupiah
		Riau (Riau Archipelago)
R6-10	1961(1963)	1, 2.50, 5, 10, 100 rupiah

Remarks: all images reduced 50%

• Banknotes are attributed to last Pick's catalogue:
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 2: General Issues 1368-1960
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 3: Modern Issues 1961-
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 1: Specialized Issues