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The first 'Indonesian rupiah' bank notes bore the date of the proclamation on new Indonesian money, 17 October 1945, under the authority of the "Republik Indonesia", and were apparently intended for issue on 1 February 1946, but due to the capture of most of the notes, only a tiny number escaped at this time.
Jakarta[ c] ( / dʒəˈkɑːrtə /; Indonesian pronunciation: [dʒaˈkarta] ⓘ, Betawi: Jakartè ), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta[ 12] ( Indonesian: Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, abbreviated to DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
Coins of the Indonesian rupiah. 100-, 200-, 500-, and 1000-rupiah coins from 1999, 2003, and 2010 series. The first coins of the Indonesian rupiah were issued in 1951 and 1952, a year or so later than the first Indonesian rupiah banknotes printed, following the peace treaty with the Netherlands in November 1949.
The Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 reduced the rupiah's value by over 80% in a few months and was a major factor in the overthrow of President Suharto's government. The rupiah had traded at about 2000–3000 rupiah per 1 USD, but reached a low of 16,800 rupiah per dollar in June 1998. The currency, which had been relatively stable in ...
A Defense Department contractor allegedly printed more than 150 pages of "top secret" government documents before attempting to leave the country for Mexico.
A worker at a federal prison in California has died and investigators are examining whether he was exposed to fentanyl shortly before his death, three people familiar with the matter told The ...
Final rules issued by the DOT in April required airlines and ticket agents to disclose service fees alongside the airfare, in a move to help consumers avoid unneeded or unexpected fees, as part of ...
Up to eleven. " Up to eleven ", also phrased as " these go to eleven ", is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel demonstrates an amplifier whose volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten. In 2002, the phrase entered the Shorter Oxford English ...