page_title: Indonesian rupiah
section_title: Banknotes
hierarchical_section_title: Indonesian rupiah / Banknotes
caption_attribution_description: English: 1000 rupiah bill, 2014 series, processed, obverse+reverse
context_page_description: The rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia. Issued and controlled by Bank Indonesia, its ISO 4217 currency code is IDR. The name "rupiah" is derived from the Sanskrit word for silver, rupyakam. Sometimes, Indonesians also informally use the word "perak" in referring to rupiah. The rupiah is divided into 100 sen, although inflation has rendered all coins and banknotes denominated in sen obsolete.
  Introduced in 1946 by Indonesian nationalists fighting for independence, the currency replaced a version of the Netherlands Indies gulden, which had been introduced during the Japanese occupation in World War II. In its early years, the rupiah was used in conjunction with other currencies, including a new version of the gulden introduced by the Dutch.
  The Riau islands and the Indonesian half of New Guinea had their own variants of the rupiah in the past, but these were subsumed into the national rupiah in 1964 and 1971, respectively.
context_section_description: Currently circulating Indonesian banknotes date from 2000 (1,000 rupiah), 2001 (5,000 rupiah), 2004 (20,000 and 100,000 rupiah), 2005 (10,000 and 50,000 rupiah), 2009 (the new denomination of 2,000 rupiah), 2010 (revised version of the 10,000 rupiah), 2011 (revised versions of the 20,000, 50,000 and 100,000 rupiah), and 2020 (the commemorative 75,000 rupiah denomination issued 2020). The 1998–1999 notes have not been legal tender since 31 December 2008 (but were exchangeable until 30 December 2018 at Bank Indonesia). Earlier notes are also no longer legal tender, due to the lack of security features and association with the Suharto regime, but could be exchanged in Bank Indonesia offices until 20 August 2010.
  As the smallest current note is worth approximately US$0.065, even small transactions such as bus fares are typically conducted with notes, and the 1,000-rupiah coin is far more common than the 1,000-rupiah note. The government initially announced that this would change, with a 2,000-rupiah note to replace the 1,000 rupiah, with that denomination replaced by a coin. After a long delay, this proposal was revised so that the 2,000-rupiah banknotes were launched by Bank Indonesia (BI) on 9 July 2009, with the banknotes circulating as legal tender from 10 July 2009, but without withdrawing the 1,000-rupiah note.
  Due to the low value of the (older series) notes below 1000 rupiah, although they are no longer being circulated, some remain in use in increasingly poor condition, as low denomination uang pasar (literally "market money"), outside the banking system for use in informal transactions.
  Following the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 31 of 5 September 2016, BI introduced seven new banknote designs featuring national heroes:
caption: Rupiah banknotes usually feature Indonesian national heroes. Here, Pattimura (Thomas Matulessy) is featured in the old 1,000-rupiah banknote.
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