The 20,000 rupiah of 1998 is devoted to Ki Hajar Dewantara (1889–1959), founder of the Taman Siswa schools that opened education to ordinary Indonesians and the republic’s first minister of education; his birthday is celebrated in Indonesia as National Education Day.

The back continues the theme: children at their desks in class, with the caption «Kegiatan belajar», meaning «learning». On this note the emission date is 1998 and the printing year 2002.

For an Indonesia collection this fills a place in the run of 1998–2004 printing varieties, and in a topical set on education it puts the nation’s teacher and a classroom on one note. UNC condition means the note has never circulated: no folds, no wear, no soiling, even corners — just as it left the press.

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