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Bali (English: / ˈ b ɑː l i /; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller offshore islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan to the southeast.
With the unwilling ex-governor replaced, the official exchange rate was devalued on 1 August 1959 by 75% from 11.4 to 45 to the US$ (the unofficial rate was around half of that, and it had been 3.8 to the dollar in 1949). In addition, the 500 Rp and 1000 Rp notes were devalued 90% on 24 August 1959 to 50 and 100 Rp.
The History of Bali covers a period from the Paleolithic to the present, and is characterized by migrations of people and cultures from other parts of Asia. In the 16th century, the history of Bali started to be marked by Western influence with the arrival of Europeans, to become, after a long and difficult colonial period under the Dutch, an example of the preservation of traditional cultures ...
The rupiah fell from Rp4,085 to Rp5,650 per dollar in the space of a single week. By the middle of the month, 154 banks, comprising half of the banking system, had suffered bank runs. By Christmas Eve, the rupiah stood at 5,915 per dollar, a fall of 60% since July. The New Year had the rupiah begin at Rp5,447 per dollar.
2003 saw the introduction of the aluminium 200 rupiah coin depicting the Bali starling (jalak bali) as a new denomination in the same style as the 50 and 100 rupiah coins; these coins were dated "2003." Meanwhile, the jasmine 500 rupiah coin was again redesigned, with its metal changed to aluminium, its size enlarged, and its date changed to ...
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We come in contact with it all the time, but the markings on the one-dollar bill remain shrouded in mystery. Until now. 1. The Creature. In the upper-right corner of the bill, above the left of ...
In 1993, a polymer Rp50,000 rupiah note, worth approximately US$24.15 at the time of its release on 18 February (assuming that the exchange rate was Rp2,070 per 1 US dollar at that time period), was issued to celebrate "25 Years of Development" under the New Order; it was the first in Indonesia.