Banknote of ten roepiah, issued by the Japanese government during the occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Also known as: Bankbiljet van tien roepiah, uitgegeven door de Japanse regering tijdens de bezetting van Nederlands-Indië
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1940 - 1945
Banknote from the Dutch East Indies of ten roepiah. Obverse: printed in black and ochre with inscription. Decorated border with, in the centre, a seated man wearing headgear and with a dagger at his left side. Reverse: printed in purple with nearly identical figures sitting cross-legged on the left and right. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1999-18-B-3; its record gives material recorded as paper, ink; technique blocked, printing; measurements height 76 mm x width 159 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper, ink
- Technique
- blocked, printing
- Measurements
- height 76 mm x width 159 mm
Design
- Obverse
- printed in black and ochre with inscription. Decorated border with, in the centre, a seated man wearing headgear and with a dagger at his left side.
- Reverse
- printed in purple with nearly identical figures sitting cross-legged on the left and right.
Identification
- Original title
- Bankbiljet van tien roepiah, uitgegeven door de Japanse regering tijdens de bezetting van Nederlands-Indië
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-1999-18-B-3
- Museum classification
- bank notes · waardepapier
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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