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All coin from 1970-1979 series, except Rp 1 coin from 1970 series, has been demonetised, with the 2 rupiah coins from 1970 series and the Rp 10 from 1971, 1974, 1979 series ceased to be legal tender since 15 November 1996, the 5 rupiah coin from 1970 and 1974 series, Rp 25 and Rp 50 coin from 1971 series, Rp 100 coin from 1973 and 1978 series ...
A Balinese statuette of a woman made from Chinese cash coins. According to a popular legend Chinese cash coins (Balinese: Pis Bolong) were introduced to Bali around the year 12 AD when the ancient Balinese King Sri Maharaja Aji Jayapangus married the Han dynasty princess Kang Cin Wei and the princess asked the King if Chinese cash coins could become a part of all rituals in Bali, which at the ...
The Indonesian one thousand rupiah coin (Rp1,000) is a coin of the Indonesian rupiah. It circulates alongside the 1,000-rupiah banknote. First introduced on 8 March 1993 as bimetallic coins, they are now minted as unimetallic coins, with the first of its kind appearing in 2010 and its latest revision being in 2016. As of 2024, the last two ...
The 100 rupiah coin was first introduced in 1973 as a cupronickel coin weighing 9.72 g (0.343 oz). It had a diameter of 28.5 millimetres (1.12 in) and was 1.77 mm (0.070 in) thick. Its obverse featured the denomination ("100") in its center with the lettering "BANK INDONESIA," two stars, and the mint year (1973).
[2] During the late 8th-century money took the form of ingots made of gold and silver. These are the earliest recorded coins in Indonesia. The currency in Indonesia is based on weight; the most common units were the kati of 750 grams (26 oz), tahil of 38 grams (1.3 oz), masa 2.4 grams (0.085 oz) and kupang 0.6 grams (0.021 oz). These units were ...
The first modern circulating bi-metallic coin was the Italian 500 lire, first issued in 1982. [7] Based on the minting process of the lire coin, A list of All bi-metallic coins can be found here. The first ever tri-metallic circulating coins were 20-francs coins introduced in France and Monaco in 1992.
The first coin-like products found in Indonesia date from the 9th century Buddhist Sailendran dynasty and were produced in Indonesia until the 12th century: gold and silver massa (emas is the modern Indonesian word for "gold"), tahil and kupang, often described with the letter ma for massa or the image of sandalwood flower.
Gold dinar of Abd al-Malik, AH 75, Umayyad Caliphate.. According to Islamic law, the Islamic dinar is a coin of pure gold weighing 72 grains of average barley. [citation needed] Modern determinations of weight for the "full solidus" weigh 4.44 grams at the time of Heraclius and a "light solidus" equivalent to the weight of the mithqal weighing 4.25 grams, with the silver Dirham being created ...