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{{Short description|Former currency of the Riau Archipelago}}
The '''Riau rupiah''' was a distinct currency of the [[Riau Islands Province|Riau Archipelago]] between 1963 and 1964. It replaced the [[Malaya and British Borneo dollar]] at par and was replaced by the [[Indonesian rupiah]] at the rate of 1 Riau rupiah = 14.7 Indonesian rupiah.

==History==
Riau, though part of Dutch and Indonesian territory, was economically under the influence of neighbouring [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]]. [http://www.bi.go.id/msmbiweben/sejarah_content3.asp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624105236/http://www.bi.go.id/msmbiweben/sejarah_content3.asp |date=2015-06-24 }} In order to affirm its fiscal stake in the region, a decree was passed on 15 October 1963 to replace the [[Malaya and British Borneo dollar]] (the circulating currency) with an Indonesian-issued currency, the Riau rupiah, which replaced the dollar at par. Although the Riau rupiah resembled the [[Indonesian rupiah]] in appearance, it had a much higher value. Malayan money was withdrawn from 1 November 1963. The Riau rupiah was exchangeable as a foreign currency with the Indonesian rupiah.

The Riau rupiah was much shorter lived than the [[West Irian rupiah]] (which circulated from May 1963 until 1971), and, by Presidential decree effective from 1 July 1964, the Riau rupiah was no longer a valid currency, being replaced by the [[Indonesian rupiah]] at a rate of 1 Riau rupiah = 14.7 Indonesian rupiah. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201718/http://www.dollarization.org/asia.htm]

==Coins==
Coins were issued in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 sen. All were minted in aluminium and dated 1962. They bore the identifying inscription "Kepulauan Riau" on their edge (cf. [[West Irian rupiah#Coins]]).

==Banknotes==
[[Bank Indonesia]] notes were printed by Indonesian printer Pertjetakan Kebajoran dated "1960" with the overprint 'Riau' in denominations of 5, 10 and 100 rupiah, all carrying the image of President [[Sukarno]] but with colour and other design differences. Lower denomination notes, under Indonesian (and previously [[Netherlands Indies]]) law were the issuing privilege of the Indonesian government, and for Riau bore the date "1961" with the overprint "Riau", in 1 and 2 ½ rupiah denominations.

Identical notes, but for the overprint, were used for the [[West Irian rupiah]] in 1964. The five notes issued in Riau, the 5, 10, and 100 rupiah notes, minus the "Riau" overprint, plus the 1 and 2½ rupiah note designs, redated "1964", were then also used as Indonesian rupiah notes in 1965.

Green (1) and blue (2½) variants of the 1 and 2½ notes had also incidentally been printed, intended for issue in [[North Borneo]], which Indonesia saw as a possible extension to its territory due to the power vacuum in the region at that time.

{| class="wikitable" <!-- generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7 -->
|-  style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"
| colspan="14"  | Notes of the 'Riau rupiah', 1960, Bank Indonesia, printed by Pertjetakan Kebajoran
|-  style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
| colspan="2"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Image
| rowspan="2"| Value
| rowspan="2"| Dimensions
| rowspan="2"| Main Colour
| colspan="6"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Description
| colspan="4"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| date of
|-  style="vertical-align:bottom; font-weight:bold;"
|| Obverse
|| Reverse
|| Obverse
|| Reverse
|| Serial
|| Signature
|| Printer's mark
|| Watermark
|| Note
|| issue
|| withdrawal
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1960 5r o.jpg|94px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1960 5r r.jpg|94px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 rupiah
|  | 134  × 67&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Violet
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Sukarno with sugar cane, 'RIAU' overprint
|  | Female [[Balinese people|Balinese]] dancer
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 3 letters 6 numbers
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Acting Governor: Soetikno Slamet; Director: Indra Kasoema
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Pertjetakan Kebajoran
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Sukarno
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|  '1960'
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 15 October 1963
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 30 June 1964
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1960 10r o.jpg|98px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1960 10r r.jpg|98px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 rupiah
|  | 140 × 70&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Pink
|  | 2 female Balinese dancers
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1960 100r o.jpg|111px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1960 100r r.jpg|111px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 100 rupiah
|  | 158 × 79&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Green
|  | [[Batak people|Batak]] male and female dancer
|-
| colspan="14"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| {{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" <!-- generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7 -->
|-  style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"
| colspan="14"  | Notes of the 'Riau rupiah', 1961, Republik Indonesia, printed by Pertjetakan Kebajoran
|-  style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
| colspan="2"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Image
| rowspan="2"| Value
| rowspan="2"| Dimensions
| rowspan="2"| Main Colour
| colspan="6"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Description
| colspan="4"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| date of
|-  style="vertical-align:bottom; font-weight:bold;"
|| Obverse
|| Reverse
|| Obverse
|| Reverse
|| Serial
|| Signature
|| Printer's mark
|| Watermark
|| Note
|| issue
|| withdrawal
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1961 1r o.jpg|85px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1961 1r r.jpg|85px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 rupiah
|  | 122  × 61&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Red
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Sukarno with sugar cane, 'RIAU' overprint
|  | Balinese female dancer
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 3 letters 6 numbers
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| R. M. Notohamiprodjo
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| no mark
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| no watermark
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  '1961'
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 15 October 1963
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 30 June 1964
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1961 250s o.jpg|90px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Riau) 1961 250s r.jpg|90px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2½ rupiah
|  | 128 × 64&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Blue
|  | Balinese female dancer
|-
| colspan="14"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| {{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" <!-- generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7 -->
|-  style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"
| colspan="14"  | Notes of the 'Borneo rupiah', 1961, Republik Indonesia, printed by Pertjetakan Kebajoran
|-  style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"
| colspan="2"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Image
| rowspan="2"| Value
| rowspan="2"| Dimensions
| rowspan="2"| Main Colour
| colspan="6"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Description
| colspan="4"  style="vertical-align:bottom;"| date of
|-  style="vertical-align:bottom; font-weight:bold;"
|| Obverse
|| Reverse
|| Obverse
|| Reverse
|| Serial
|| Signature
|| Printer's mark
|| Watermark
|| Note
|| issue
|| withdrawal
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Borneo) 1961 1r o.jpg|85px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Borneo) 1961 1r r.jpg|85px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 rupiah
|  | 122  × 61&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Green
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Sukarno with sugar cane
|  | Balinese female dancer
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 3 letters 6 numbers
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| R. M. Notohamiprodjo
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| no mark
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| no watermark
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|  '1961'
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Borneo) 1961 250s o.jpg|90px]]
| style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:bottom;"|[[File:Indonesia (Borneo) 1961 250s r.jpg|90px]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2½ rupiah
|  | 128 × 64&nbsp;mm
| style="text-align:center;"| Blue
|  | Balinese female dancer
|-
| colspan="14"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| {{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}
|}

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