Rule · BI · 18 Oct 2005
Bank Indonesia issues and circulates the year 2005 issue of banknotes in the 50,000 rupiah denomination as legal tender within the Republic of Indonesia. The regulation mandates that these banknotes be produced from cotton fiber material with a face value of Rp50,000 and specifies detailed physical characteristics, including blue dominant coloring, security features such as ultraviolet-reactive elements and optically variable ink, and dimensions of 149 mm by 65 mm. These banknotes are placed into circulation commencing on October 29, 2005.
Unofficial Translation
BANK INDONESIA REGULATION
NUMBER : 7/42/PBI/2005
CONCERNING
ISSUANCE AND CIRCULATION OF THE YEAR 2005 ISSUE OF BANKNOTES IN THE 50,000 (FIFTY THOUSAND) RUPIAH DENOMINATION THE GOVERNOR OF BANK INDONESIA, Considering: a. Whereas the growth in public activity in cash transactions needs to be supported by availability of adequate amounts of rupiah currency with easily recognizable marks of authenticity as legal tender; b. Whereas for availability of adequate amounts of rupiah currency with easily recognizable marks of authenticity as legal tender, it is deemed necessary to enhance the security features on currency in the 50,000 (fifty thousand) rupiah denomination;
c. Whereas to enhance the security features on currency in the
50,000 (fifty thousand) rupiah denomination, it is deemed necessary to issue and circulate the year 2005 issue of banknotes in the 50,000 (fifty thousand) rupiah denomination; d. Now therefore, based on the consideration referred to in letter a, letter b, and letter c, it is necessary to enact a Bank Indonesia Regulation concerning the Issuance and Circulation of the Year 2005 Issue of Banknotes in the 50,000 (fifty thousand) Rupiah Denomination. In view of: 1. Act Number 23 of 1999 concerning Bank Indonesia (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 66 of 1999, Supplement to the Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 3843) as amended by Act Number 3 of 2004 (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 7 of 2004, Supplement to the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4357);
2. Bank Indonesia Regulation Number 6/14/PBI/2004 dated June
22, 2004, concerning Issuance, Circulation, Revocation as Legal
Unofficial Translation
Tender, Withdrawal from Circulation, and Destruction of the Rupiah Currency (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 52 of 2004, Supplement to the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4388); HAS DECREED To enact : THE BANK INDONESIA REGULATION CONCERNING ISSUANCE AND CIRCULATION OF THE YEAR 2005 ISSUE OF BANKNOTES IN THE 50,000 (FIFTY THOUSAND) RUPIAH DENOMINATION
Article 1
Bank Indonesia shall issue and circulate the year 2005 issue of banknotes in the 50,000 (fifty thousand) rupiah denomination as legal tender in the territory of the Republic of Indonesia.
Article 2
The rupiah currency referred to in Article 1 is a banknote produced from cotton fiber material.
Article 3
The face value of the rupiah currency referred to in Article 1 is Rp50,000 (fifty thousand rupiahs).
Article 4
The specifications of the currency in the 50,000 (fifty thousand) rupiah denomination referred to in Article 1 are:
a. Color
The dominant color printed on the obverse and reverse side of the banknote is blue;
Unofficial Translation b. Images
Unofficial Translation
1) To the left of the main image, filling the space is the number “50000”
representing face value with BI inscription;
2) To the left of the main image, the inscription of “BI” forming the
background to the Balinese ornament;
3) At the left edge of the Balinese ornament, the inscription of BI and the
right edge of the Balinese ornament, the number 50000, both forming vertical lines;
4) To the upper and lower left of the main image, forming a grid pattern
with a combination of BI and BI50000 arranged horizontally and BANKINDONESIA and BI50000 arranged diagonally;
5) To the right of the main image, the inscription of BI in lettering
forming the background color and Balinese relief;
6) At the upper and lower left edge and the upper and lower right edge,
the BI logo forming an underlying pattern on the banknote; l) Minitext is small size text legible without the aid of magnifying glass above and below the watermark, comprising the inscription of BANKINDONESIA50000, forming curves with varying color of text and different text size.
2. Reverse side
a) Main image depicting Lake Beratan in Bedugul, Bali; b) To the upper right of the main image, the inscription of “BANK INDONESIA”; c) Below the main image, the inscription of “DENGAN RAHMAT TUHAN YANG MAHA ESA, BANK INDONESIA MENGELUARKAN UANG SEBAGAI ALAT PEMBAYARAN YANG SAH DENGAN NILAI LIMA PULUH RIBU RUPIAH” (with the blessing of God the Almighty, Bank Indonesia hereby issues this currency as legal tender to the value of fifty thousand rupiahs); d) To the lower right, arranged horizontally, and to the upper left, arranged vertically, the number “50000” representing face value; e) Serial number consisting of 3 (three) letters and 6 (six) digits, located to the lower left of the banknote and printed in black ink that glows green under ultraviolet light, and to the upper right, located below the
Unofficial Translation inscription of “BANK INDONESIA” and printed in red ink that glows orange under ultraviolet light; f) To the upper right, below the serial number, a rectoverso image that if held up to the light will reveal a complete logo of Bank Indonesia; g) Above the water mark, an invisibly printed image of a silhouette of a Balinese dancer that glows yellowish-green under ultraviolet light; h) To the lower left of the main image, invisibly printed inscription of the number “50000” representing face value in a rectangular box that glows yellowish-green under ultraviolet light; i) At the left edge and to the right of the center of the banknote, an image of a Balinese ornament that glows green under ultraviolet light; j) Microtext legible only with the aid of a magnifying glass:
1) At the upper and lower left edge and upper and lower right edge in the
form of a grid the inscription of BI, arranged horizontally and the inscription of BI50000 and BANKINDONESIA, arranged diagonally;
2) At the left edge of the main image, is BANKINDONESIA inscription,
forming a vertical line;
3) To the upper left of the main image, is BANKINDONESIA inscription,
forming a Balinese ornament;
4) To the lower right of the main image, which fill the space of “50000”
face value, is BI Inscription; k) Minitext legible without the aid of a magnifying glass, located on the upper and the lower of the watermark, comprising the number 50000 in curved form with varying text size.
c. Material
The specifications of the banknote paper are as follows:
Unofficial Translation
6. Woven security thread bearing the repeated inscription of “BI50000”, complete
or partially cut, and changing color from magenta to green when viewed from different angles.
Article 5
The Rupiah Currency as referred to in Article 1 shall be issued and placed in circulation commencing from October 29, 2005.
Article 6
This Bank Indonesia regulation shall come into force on the date of its enactment. Enacted in: Jakarta Dated: October 18, 2005 THE GOVERNOR OF BANK INDONESIA, BURHANUDDIN ABDULLAH STATE GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA NUMBER 102 OF 2005 DPU
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