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  • 200 Rupiah 2003-2008, KM# 66, Indonesia
  • 200 Rupiah 2003-2008, KM# 66, Indonesia
Obverse

Depicts the national emblem of Indonesia. Date and legend below.

The national emblem of Indonesia is called Garuda Pancasila. The main part of Indonesian national emblem is the Garuda with a heraldic shield on its chest and a scroll gripped by its legs. The shield's five emblems (star, chain, banyan tree, bull and Rice and cotton) represent Pancasila, the five principles of Indonesia's national ideology. The Garuda claws gripping a white ribbon scroll inscribed with the national motto "Unity in Diversity".

The Garuda is the mythical golden eagle, common to both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The Garuda was a chimera, having the wings, beak, and feet of the golden eagle, but a man's arms and trunk. The use of the Garuda in Indonesia's coat-of-arms invokes the pre-colonial Hindu kingdoms that spanned across the archipelago, from which the present-day Republic of Indonesia is understood to be descended.

Garuda Pancasila was designed by Sultan Hamid II from Pontianak, supervised by Sukarno, and was adopted as the national emblem on 11 February 1950. The design was inspired by Javan hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi), an endangered raptor endemic to the mountainous forest regions of Java.

BHINNEKA TUNGGAL IKA
2003
BANK INDONESIA

Reverse

Bali myna on a branch, left, denomination below, local name above.

The Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild's mynah, Bali starling, or Bali mynah, locally known as Jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail. The bird has blue bare skin around the eyes, greyish legs and a yellow bill. Both sexes are similar. It is critically endangered and less than 100 adults are assumed to currently exist in the wild.

JALAK BALI
200
RUPIAH

Edge

200 Rupiah

KM# 66 Schön# 52
Characteristics
Material Aluminium
Weight 2.38 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Perum Peruri

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