10 Sen

1957 year


Aluminium	1.7 g	23.5 mm

Description

Issuer	Indonesia › Indonesia (1949-date)
Period	Republic (1950-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	1957
Value	10 Sen (0.10)
Currency	Rupiah (1950-1965)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	1.7 g
Diameter	23.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Updated	2024-10-05

References

Numista	N#12712
Rarity index	19%

Reverse

Scalloped shape, lettering above and below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INDONESIA
10
SEN
1957

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The national emblem Garuda Pancasila (Five Principles)
Garuda (a Javan hawk-eagle) clutching a scroll of national motto (Unity in Diversity) and an Escutcheon or Shield representing the national ideology Pancasila (The Five Principles):
1. "Belief in One Supreme God"
2. "Just and Civilized Humanity" (chain represents successive human generations, with the round links representing women and the square links representing men)
3. "The Unity of Indonesia" (one country out of many far-flung cultural roots)
4. "Democracy that is Guided by the Inner Wisdom in the Unanimity" (represented by the social animal bull)
5. "Social Justice for the Entire People of Indonesia" (The rice and cotton represent sustenance and livelihood)

Top: 1st quarter a banteng or Javanese wild bull (4th Principle) & 2nd quarter a banyan tree (3rd Principle)
Divided by a thick line denoting the Equator which passes through Indonesia
Bottom: 3rd quarter a sprig each of paddy and cotton (5th Principle) & 4th quarter a ring of chains made up of square and round links (2nd Principle) and on central escutcheon, Sable a mullet: Star (for the 1st Principle).

Interesting fact

The 10 Sen coin from Indonesia in 1957 features the country's national emblem, the Garuda, on its obverse side. The Garuda is a mythical bird that is said to have the power to fly and is considered a symbol of strength and freedom in Indonesian culture.