INDONESIA 

KM 35

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
50 rupiah 24.0 6.1   Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
The inscriptions: title of state bank. In the center - face value, below - the year of minting.

The second rupiah ñoins were reintroduced in 1970, with 1, 2 and 5 rupiah denoiminations, to which 10, 25 and 50 rupiah pieces were added in 1971.

 In the center - Greater bird of Paradise, denomination.

The Greater Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea apoda is a large, up to 43cm long, maroon brown bird with a yellow crown, dark emerald green throat and blackish brown breast cushion. The largest member in the genus Paradisaea, this bird is distributed to lowland and hill forests of southwest New Guinea and Aru Island, Indonesia.