Viral On TikTok Rp1.0 Denomination Money For THR, Peruri: That's Sample Money, Not A Legitimate Payment Tool

Rp1.0 denominations that go viral. (Photo: TikTok account screen capture @puspotv)

JAKARTA - Posting or uploading a video account with the name @puspotv showing off a sheet that looks like a banknote went viral on TikTok social media. The paper reads Perum Peruri Specimen 1.0. The 13-second video has been shared 10,000 times and 5,966 comments.

"Ngasih THR pake this denomination money is exciting times yes 😂. You guys have yet?," he wrote, quoted Monday, May 10.

One of the accounts with the name @kartadiretja commented on the post. He explained that this is not a new money from the government like 75,000.

'It's not new money. Perum Peruri specimen 1.0 trial money in 2016 and not for the public. Sold online by collectors at a high price," he said.

Perum Money Printing Republic of Indonesia (Peruri) also raised the talk related to the virality of this banknote-like sheet. On his official Instagram account, Peruri said if specimen money or sample money or House Note is published by a printer banknote or a money printing company.

Money example is published aimed at marketing tools or marketing tools to market examples of products or money produced Peruri. In addition, also to show its ability to print money using certain security features technology.

"House Note (specimen money) issued by Peruri is not Rupiah money and is not valid to be used as a means of payment," explained Peruri, quoted from the official Instagram, Monday, May 10.

This is in accordance with Currency Law No. 7 of 2011 stated that the republic of Indonesia is Rupiah with the least characteristic of containing:

1. Image of the national emblem "Garuda Pancasila";

2. The phrase "Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia";

3. The mention of fractions in numbers and letters as their face value;

4. Signature of the Government and Bank Indonesia;

5. Fractional serial number;

6. The text "By the grace of God Almighty, the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia issued Rupiah as a legal means of payment with the value of..."

"As explained by the above characteristics of rupiah, House Note does not contain the mentioned characteristics," he wrote.