Circulating Coinage of The Indonesian Rupiah
There are presently two series of coins in circulation: aluminium bronze and bi-metallic coins from 1991–1998 and light-weight aluminium coins from 1999 onwards. Due to the low value and general shortage of small denomination coins (below 100 rupiah), it is common to receive sweets in lieu of the last few rupiah of change in supermarkets and stores. The 1 rupiah coin is officially legal tender for completeness' sake, but is not circulated as it is effectively worthless.
| Indonesian rupiah coins | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Value | Series | Diameter | Thickness | Weight | Material | Obverse | Reverse | Availability | |
| Obverse | Reverse | |||||||||
| Rp 50 | 1999 | 20 mm | 2 mm | 1.36 g | Aluminium | Garuda Pancasila | Kepodang Bird and coin value | Medium | ||
| Rp 100 | 1999 | 23 mm | 2 mm | 1.79 g | Palm Cockatoo Bird and coin value | High | ||||
| Rp 200 | 2003 | 25 mm | 2.3 mm | 2.38 g | Bali Starling Bird and coin value | |||||
| Rp 500 | 1991 | 24 mm | 1.8 mm | 5.29 g | Aluminium Bronze | Jasmine Flower and coin value | Low | |||
| 1997 | 1.83 mm | 5.34 g | Medium | |||||||
| 2003 | 27 mm | 2.5 mm | 3.1 g | Aluminium | High | |||||
| Rp 1,000 | 1993 | 26 mm | 2 mm | 8.6 g | Bi-metal, nickel and aluminium bronze | Palm Tree and coin value | Low | |||
| 2010 | 24.15 mm | 1.6 mm | 4.5 g | Nickel plated steel | Garuda Pancasila and coin value | Angklung and Gedung Sate | High (mintage 719 million) | |||
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