The first papermoney of the Netherlands Indies May 2010 By Johan Piers and Rob Huisman At the end of the 18th century, the first kind of papermoney appeared in the Netherlands Indies. The notes were issued by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) that represented the Dutch interests in the East. Many money transports ... Read More

De Javasche Bank note issues, January 1864 - April 1895, printed by Joh. Enschede en Zn. September 2009  By Rob Huisman  In 1863, De Javasche Bank, established in 1828, was the circulation bank of the Netherlands Indies. One would expect it to be a well-established colonial institution, however the opposite is true. Research ... Read More

Camps in Paradise (1942 - 1945) Camp money in the Netherlands Indies by  Hans P. van Weeren Camp money in the Netherlands Indies can be subdivided into two groups: camp notes that were issued by the Dutch authorities and camp notes issued during the occupation by the Japanese. 1.  Camp money issued by ... Read More

Koealoeh Leidong, Membang Moeda, Negara Republik Indonesia, 1947-1948 May 2008 By Rob Huisman During the Dutch colonial rule in the Netherlands Indies, Membang Moeda was one of many large rubber plantations, occupying an area of 3.104 ha. It was owned by the Dutch "NV Rubber Cultuur-Mij. Amsterdam" and produced approximately 1.3 million kilo's of rubber ... Read More

Secret codes of the Indonesian Revolution Money – ORI (Oeang Republik Indonesia) 1945-1948 November 2008 By Rob Huisman In preparation to the surrender of the Japanese army in Asia Pacific, the Netherlands Indies government in exile received permission by Royal decree in 1943 to produce new paper money. This new paper money, NICA ... Read More

Inflation in Paradise The inflation-stamps of South Sumatra By H. Ramkema and Hans P. van Weeren Recently, someone sent to Mr. Ramkema a photocopy of a sheet of twenty 25 rupiah “segel-inflasi” (inflation stamp) for approval as Mr. Ramkema had published the “Catalogue Revenues, Japanese occupation of the Netherlands Indies 1942-1945 and Administration ... Read More

Indonesian paper money printed by Pertjetakan Kebajoran N.V. Imp. July 2008 By Rob Huisman Sjafruddin Prawiranegara was replaced in January 1958 by Loekman Hakim due to his involvement in the PRRI movement, therefore several notes had to be reprinted, especially the 5 and 100 rupiah notes... Download the PDF (23 pages, 6.6Mb) ... Read More

Regional Issues Republic of Indonesia October 2009 By Rob Huisman City of Surakarta RH750 - 1 Rupiah - 1 November 1948 Number of issued notes: unknown Watermark: none Stamp: partial stamp of Bank Negara Indonesia on left side of obverse; the missing part of the stamp was applied to the allonge for possible later authentication purpose Perforation on left side and ... Read More