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Indonesian 100,000 Rupiah Note
The Indonesian one hundred thousand rupiah banknote (Rp100,000) is a denomination of the Indonesian rupiah. Being the highest and second-newest denomination of the rupiah (after the Indonesian 2,000 rupiah note, Rp2,000 note), it was first introduced on November 1, 1999, as a polymer banknote before switching to cotton paper in 2004; all notes have been printed using the latter ever since. 1999 issue To anticipate the Y2K problem, Year 2000 problem, then-Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia Mirza Adityaswara predicted an increase of demand in money. To address this, Bank Indonesia imported 500 million polymer notes of this denomination from Note Printing Australia. This note had a size of and featured President Sukarno and Vice President Hatta as well as the Proclamation of Indonesian independence, Proclamation text on its obverse and the Parliament Building in Jakarta on its reverse. Its security features consisted of a watermark of the national emblem Garuda Pancasila o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Security Thread
A security thread is a security feature of many banknotes to protect against counterfeiting. Introduced in United States banknotes in 1990, it consists of a thin ribbon that is woven through the note's paper. Usually, the ribbon runs vertically, and is "woven" into the paper, so that it at some places emerges on the front side and at the remaining places at the rear side of the paper. It is made of metal foil, but sometimes of plastic, and oftentimes it has some text or numbers (e.g., the denomination) engraved. Threads are embedded within the paper fiber and can be completely invisible or have a star burst effect, where the thread appears to weave in and out of the paper when viewed from one side, while the thread will always appear as a solid line when held up to the light. Features can be built into the thread material e.g., microprinting on a transparent plastic thread or adding materials so they fluoresce under ultraviolet light. The thread is a difficult feature to cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
