Rp500 — Five Hundred Rupiah
The artwork
Front: A Timor deer stands in dappled forest at the left, named in the plate beneath it as Cervus timorensis, the artist's credit SOERIPTO DEL. tucked into the lower margin. To its right, BANK INDONESIA and the year 1988 sit over a rosette of red, ochre and green guilloche. The Garuda Pancasila arms occupy the upper right, and LIMA RATUS RUPIAH runs across the foot in a green band.
Back: The Bank Indonesia building at Cirebon, captioned GEDUNG BANK INDONESIA CIREBON — a heavy colonial-era block with a corner clock tower, drawn with trees in front and a steamer funnel just visible at the right. A carved wayang head fills the top right corner, harlequin-patterned lathework the top left, and the Indonesian counterfeiting warning sits in a red panel at the bottom.
In circulation
Issued from 1988 as part of Bank Indonesia's wildlife-themed run of the late 1980s. It was superseded by the 1992-dated 500 rupiah note showing an orang-utan, and by then the 500 rupiah coin had taken over most everyday use; the paper 500 has long since left circulation.
Details
- IssuerBank Indonesia
- CurrencyRupiah (Rp)
- DenominationFive Hundred Rupiah
- Collectedon the Indonesia journeys, 1993–2011
- Series1988, dated on the face beneath the bank's name
- PrinterPerum Percetakan Uang Republik Indonesia (Peruri), credited in the lower margin
- SignatureTwo signatures of the Direksi — Gubernur and Direktur
- SecurityIndonesian-language counterfeiting warning printed in a panel on the back; serial in the style RHT 257495, twice on the back