Indonesian rupiah
E6406
The Indonesian rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia, known for experiencing severe devaluation during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indonesian rupiah canonical | 56 |
| rupiah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59713 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indonesian rupiah Context triple: [Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998, involvesCurrency, Indonesian rupiah]
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A.
Thai baht
The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
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B.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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C.
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official monetary unit of India, issued and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and widely used in the country’s domestic and international economic transactions.
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D.
South African rand
The South African rand is the official currency of South Africa and a key regional medium of exchange used in several neighboring countries.
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E.
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indonesian rupiah Target entity description: The Indonesian rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia, known for experiencing severe devaluation during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
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A.
Thai baht
The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
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B.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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C.
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official monetary unit of India, issued and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and widely used in the country’s domestic and international economic transactions.
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D.
South African rand
The South African rand is the official currency of South Africa and a key regional medium of exchange used in several neighboring countries.
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E.
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank Indonesia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| crisisEvent |
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
ⓘ
surface form:
1997–1998 Asian financial crisis
|
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| exchangeRateRegulatedBy | Bank Indonesia ⓘ |
| experienced | severe devaluation during the 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedBanknotes |
1000 rupiah
ⓘ
10000 rupiah ⓘ 100000 rupiah ⓘ 2000 rupiah ⓘ 20000 rupiah ⓘ 5000 rupiah ⓘ 50000 rupiah ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedCoins |
100 rupiah
ⓘ
1000 rupiah ⓘ 200 rupiah ⓘ 500 rupiah ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Indonesian currency law ⓘ |
| hasSeries |
2016 banknote series
ⓘ
2022 coin series ⓘ |
| inflationHistory | high inflation in late 1990s ⓘ |
| introduced | 1946 ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | IDR ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank Indonesia ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Indonesian ⓘ |
| legalTender | yes ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthorityLocation | Jakarta ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicyRegime | managed float ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | derived from Sanskrit word "rupya" meaning wrought silver ⓘ |
| nickName | perak (for small denominations) ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Indonesia ⓘ |
| peggedTo | US dollar (historical pegs and managed regimes) ⓘ |
| pluralForm |
Indonesian rupiah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
rupiah
|
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| regulatesInflationTargeting | Bank Indonesia inflation targeting framework ⓘ |
| replaced |
Dutch guilder
ⓘ
surface form:
Netherlands Indies gulden
|
| securityFeatures |
holograms on higher denominations
ⓘ
security threads on banknotes ⓘ watermarks on banknotes ⓘ |
| subunit | sen ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 sen = 1 rupiah ⓘ |
| symbol | Rp ⓘ |
| usedFor | domestic payments in Indonesia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Timor (western part) ⓘ
surface form:
Timor
border areas near Indonesia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Indonesian rupiah Description of subject: The Indonesian rupiah is the official currency of Indonesia, known for experiencing severe devaluation during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
rupiah
subject surface form:
Bank Indonesia