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Japanese occupation gulden / rupiah in Indonesia: research record

Evidence coverage: 1942–1946. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Japanese occupation gulden / rupiah in Indonesia

CUR-V50-OCCUPATION-RUPIAH · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1942–1946; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

Indonesian rupiahcurrency replacement · qualified · 1946
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Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Occupation money and surviving old money · C2132

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Occupation money and surviving old money

Japanese occupation money entered use in 1942; in 1943 the authorities ordered prewar currency surrendered. Old Indies money was nevertheless hoarded while transactions increasingly used the depreciating occupation currency.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1942–1943supported

Japanese occupation money entered use in 1942; in 1943 the authorities ordered prewar currency surrendered. Old Indies money was nevertheless hoarded while transactions increasingly used the depreciating occupation currency.

C2132
Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C2132

Japanese occupation money entered use in 1942; in 1943 the authorities ordered prewar currency surrendered. Old Indies money was nevertheless hoarded while transactions increasingly used the depreciating occupation currency.

Robert Cribb · Political Dimensions of the Currency Question 1945–1947, Indonesia 31 (1981), 113–136 Citation S1121 · Open source ↗

pp. 114–116,127–128; distinct prewar Indies currency, occupation money, bank deposits and ORI

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C2144

Indonesia’s Law 19/1946 converted banked Japanese money into ORI at 50:1 in Java and Madura and 100:1 elsewhere, and prescribed payment of existing debts in Republican money. The conversion is explicit; its placement in the present rupiah profile remains qualified pending the full 1950 settlement review.

Republic of Indonesia · Undang-Undang No. 19 Tahun 1946: Pengeluaran Uang Republik Indonesia Citation S1120 · Open source ↗

25 October 1946; arts. 2–4, 6 and 8; PDF pp. 1–3; pp. 114–116,127–128; distinct prewar Indies currency, occupation money, bank deposits and ORI

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Robert Cribb · Political Dimensions of the Currency Question 1945–1947, Indonesia 31 (1981), 113–136 Citation S1121 · Open source ↗

25 October 1946; arts. 2–4, 6 and 8; PDF pp. 1–3; pp. 114–116,127–128; distinct prewar Indies currency, occupation money, bank deposits and ORI

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C2145

Article 4 of Law 19/1946 carried unpaid obligations incurred before 1 January 1943 into Republican money at one old legal rupiah to one ORI. Read with the Indies currency history, it supports a qualified colonial-account input at ORI’s introduction; it is not a claim that every old debt or region received the cash exchange rate.

Republic of Indonesia · Undang-Undang No. 19 Tahun 1946: Pengeluaran Uang Republik Indonesia Citation S1120 · Open source ↗

25 October 1946; arts. 2–4, 6 and 8; PDF pp. 1–3; pp. 114–116,127–128; distinct prewar Indies currency, occupation money, bank deposits and ORI

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Robert Cribb · Political Dimensions of the Currency Question 1945–1947, Indonesia 31 (1981), 113–136 Citation S1121 · Open source ↗

25 October 1946; arts. 2–4, 6 and 8; PDF pp. 1–3; pp. 114–116,127–128; distinct prewar Indies currency, occupation money, bank deposits and ORI

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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