Indonesian rupiah : Ask Biography

Currency

Local name

Rupiah Indonesia

ISO 4217 Code

IDR

Official user

Indonesia

Unofficial user

East Timor^{de facto} ¹)

Inflation

3.65%

Subunit

1/100

sen (obsolete)²)

Symbol

Coins and Banknotes

Freq. used coins

Rp 100, Rp 200, Rp 500

Rarely used coins

Rp 50, Rp 1000

Freq. used banknotes

Rp 1000, Rp 2000, Rp 5000, Rp 10 000, Rp 20 000, Rp 50 000, Rp 100 000

Central bank

Bank Indonesia

Printer

Perum Peruri³)

Mint

Perum Peruri³)

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The rupiah (Rp) is the official currency of Indonesia. Issued and controlled by the Bank of Indonesia, the ISO 4217 currency code for the Indonesian rupiah is IDR. Informally, Indonesians also use the word "perak" ('silver' in Indonesian) in referring to rupiah. The rupiah is subdivided into 100 sen, although inflation has rendered all coins and banknotes denominated in sen obsolete.

The Riau islands and the Indonesian half of New Guinea (Irian Barat) had their own variants of the rupiah, but these were subsumed into the national rupiah in 1964 and 1971 respectively (see Riau rupiah and West New Guinea rupiah).