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Indonesian 2,000 Rupiah Note
The Indonesian two thousand rupiah banknote (Rp2,000) is a denomination of the Indonesian rupiah. First introduced on July 9, 2009, it was made legal tender the following day and has since been modified two times, first in 2016 and then in 2022. All notes of this denomination are printed in cotton paper since its introduction. 2009 issue The first Rp2,000 note was gray and featured the portrait of Prince Antasari on its obverse and a depiction of a Dayak traditional dance on its reverse. Its security features include a watermark of Prince Antasari himself, a security thread with the repeating words "BI2000" that shines red under black light, microtext, a see-through image of Bank Indonesia's logo, relief printing, and a rectangular blind code in intaglio on the lower left part of the obverse. 2016 issue The second issue of the Rp2,000 note was released on December 19, 2016. The green-gray note, which had a size of and weighed , featured the image of the national hero Moha ... [...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] |
Mohammad Husni Thamrin
Mohammad Husni Thamrin (16 February 1894 – 11 January 1941) was a Indo people, Eurasian-Betawi people, Betawi political thinker and Indonesian nationalist who advocated for the independence of the Dutch East Indies, Dutch colony in the East Indies. After his death, he was regarded as an Indonesian National Hero of Indonesia, National Hero. Early life and beginning of political career Thamrin was born in Sawah Besar, Weltevreden, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia (modern-day Jakarta), Dutch East Indies, on 16 February 1894. His father, Thamrin Mohd. Tabri, was the son by his Indonesian mistress of an English businessman who owned the Hotel Ort in Batavia. Tabri was subsequently adopted and raised by his Javanese uncle. Thamrin was therefore born into a neo-priyayi class and in 1906, his father became district head () under Governor General Johan Cornelis van der Wijck. After graduating from Koning Willem III Gymnasium, Thamrin took several government jobs before working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banknotes Of The Rupiah
The first banknotes used in the archipelago that would become Indonesia were those issued by the United East India Company, credit letters of the rijksdaalder dating between 1783 and 1811. Netherlands Indies gulden government credit paper followed in 1815, and from 1827 to 1842 and again from 1866 to 1948 gulden notes of De Javasche Bank. Lower denominations (below 5 gulden) were issued by the government in 1919–1920 and in 1939–1940 due to wartime metal shortages, but otherwise day-to-day transactions were conducted using coinage. Gulden notes were issued by "The Japanese Government" during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies from 1942, becoming "roepiah" in 1943. The first truly Indonesian rupiah notes, however, were issued in 1946, during the Indonesian National Revolution, war of independence with the Dutch, following the unilateral Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, proclamation of independence by the Indonesians at the end of World War II on 17 Aug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
