Indonesian Currency

These coins aren't worth very much...the 500 rp is about $.05. The 10 000 rp bill is worth about $1.00.

5000 rp which is worth about $.50

This is your first official lesson on Indonesian currency. Unfortunately we do not have a red one (100 000 rp) but we do have the rest that we can show to you. The 100 000 rp is worth approximately $10 US. There is more to it than that, but we just use the approximate and it is a lot easier for us.

20 000 rp = $2.00

1 000 rp = $0.10

50 000 rp = $5.00

If you plan on visiting us, take a long look at these bills and get used to them now. Because the largest denomination is a 100 000 rp bill, you can end up with a lot of paper money in your wallet and it is overwhelming the first couple of times that you go shopping.

As disorganized as it is, we hope you enjoyed your lesson and that we'll see you soon!

Thanks for reading.