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  • 100 Rupiah 1999-2008, KM# 61, Indonesia
  • 100 Rupiah 1999-2008, KM# 61, 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
1999
BANK INDONESIA

Reverse

A cockatoo on a branch, denomination and local name on the right.

A cockatoo is a parrot that is any of the 21 species belonging to the bird family Cacatuidae. The word cockatoo dates from the 17th century and is a derivation from the Indonesian name for these birds, "kakak tua" (meaning "older sibling") or from the call of the white cockatoo itself.

KAKAKTUA RAJA
100
RUPIAH

Edge

100 Rupiah

KM# 61 Schön# 51
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Characteristics
Material Aluminium
Weight 1.79 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Perum Peruri

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