Pematang Siantar,
By
Rob
Huisman (still under construction)
Serie
ORIPS, 10 Rupiah, 31 March 1947
The
serial
number consists of five numbers and three characters and is printed in
red. On
the lower left of the note only the number is printed. On the upper
right the
number and characters are printed. The first character is a capital,
the second
a lower case and the third one is a capital again. The second character
is
always a “c” except in the character combination “PeA”, where it is an
“e”.
The
serial
number consists of ………………….
Examining
91 banknotes of this type led to a further subdivision into several
printing
plates where each of the notes originates to.
This
plate
carries a specific damage that can be easily identified with a
magnifier. It
concerns a vertical stripe of around 4mm length that has transferred no
ink to
the paper. It is located in the oval ornament with the portrait of
Soekarno.
The stripe is situated near the edge in the middle on the left side of
the
lattice. The distance between the edge and the stripe is precisely 4
squares in
the lattice. Eleven of the examined notes match this deviation.
This
plate
also carries a specific damage that can be easily identified with a
magnifier.
It concerns a vertical stripe of around 5mm length nthat has
transferred no ink
to the paper. It is located in the oval ornament with the portrait of
Soekarno.
The stripe is situated near the edge in the middle on the left side of
the lattice.
The distance between the edge and the stripe is precisely 3 squares in
the
lattice. Six of the examined notes match this deviation.
Printing
plate C:
This
plate
carries a specific error that can be easily identified with a
magnifier. It
concerns a dot of around 1mm diameter that is clearly printed on the
paper. On
the obverse of the note (just left from the middle)
there is a picture of two palm trees and two
working peasants. At
the
origin of the palm trees there is lower vegetation. In the imaginary
extension
of the third leave from the left, the dot is located approximately 3mm
above
the leave. Thirteen of the examined notes match this deviation.
This
plate
carries specific damages to the plate and characteristics in the type
style of
the letters in the legal notice and the signature texts on the obverse.
It
concerns a vertical stripe of around 7mm that has transferred no ink to
the
paper. It is located in the oval ornament with the portrait of
Soekarno. The
stripe is situated in the middle of the right shoulder of Soekarno and
points
down a little to the left through the stripes of his suit. The type style
characteristic can most
clearly be seen in the last word of the legal notes “SOEMATRA.”. The
characters
“OEMA” are higher then the “S”. Next the “T”, “R” and “A” are each
lower then
the previous charater, resulting in a “wave” appearance of the word. Another clear indication for
this printing
plate is the word “SOEMATERA” in the right lower signature box, where
the “S”
is definitely larger and situated lower then the rest of the characters
of the
word. Nineteen of the examined notes match this deviation.
This
plate
carries specific characteristics in the type style of the letters in
the text
of the left lower signature box on the obverse. There is the
abbreviation for
“Pematang” printed “PEM.”. The character
“M” looks slightly tilted and
the
right leg of the “M” is a little short. There is a “.
“ right behind
the “M”. Also the "31" in the date shows a line on
top before the "3" and after the "1". Besides
this it does not carry any of the specifics of the other printing
plate’s
characteristics. Fourteen of the examined notes match this deviation.
One of the notes might be a forgerie; the
serial number is printed with wider characters and there
is red ink spoiled above the serial number that
does not occur on any of the other notes.
Printing plate F:
Printing plate G:
This plate shows specific characteristics in the type style of the letters in the text of the legal notice at the lower center of the obverse and the right lower signature box. The word "SOEMATRA" in the legal notice has a last character "A" that is slightly larger and printed lower than the rest of the word. The word "SOEMATERA" in the right signature box has a last character "A" of which the right leg is clearly longer than the left one. These characteristics do not occur together on any other printing plate. Four of the examined noted match this variety.
During the determination process I identified another 4 notes that are likely to be forgeries. So 9 more notes to determine......
The
serial
number consists of six numbers and three characters and is printed in
red. The
serial number is printed on the lower left and the upper right of the
note. The
first and second characters are capitals, the third character is in
lower case
and is always a “b”.
This
note
has only been observed with a first character "V", "X", "Y" or "Z".
