At Least Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Solo, The Public's BI Appeals Should Use Paper Money Well

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JAKARTA - Bank Indonesia (BI) invites Muara Angke fishermen, North Jakarta, to take advantage of more productive banknotes so as not to be eaten by termites.

Senior Analyst of the Department of BI Deviana Money Management Anthony said this during the socialization of the 2022 new Rupiah money in the series of 2022 Jakarta Maritime Fest events in North Jakarta, Saturday, September 18.

"Let's take care of our money, we can store it at home as long as it's proper, for example, it's played again for productive activities for working capital or places that provide more benefits for the economy," said Deviana.

The fishermen asked if Bank Indonesia replaced damaged money with termites which was stored in cash by a school guard in Solo, Central Java.

Deviana said not all of the money could be replaced. Damaged money can be exchanged for new money if the form is at least two-thirds of the bag and it is still believed to be authenticity, from the indicator of the safety thread, the completeness of the serial number.

The damaged banknotes in Solo have also been replaced in part with new banknotes by Bank Indonesia. From around Rp. 50 million damaged savings, almost part of it reached Rp. 20,220,000, which can be replaced with new money after going through the reconstruction process.

Deviana explained that the exchange of money that did not meet the criteria needed to be anticipated by Bank Indonesia to prevent the exchange of real money for counterfeit money by irresponsible people.

On that occasion, residents of Muara Angke also received training in producing innovative fish processing products according to investor standards by experienced instructors, in order to make more productive use of money.