IDRxxx Indonesian Rupiah exchange rate Live chart (Indonesia currency, code: IDR, symbol: Rp)

Indonesia currency : Indonesian Rupiah (ISO 4217 currency code: IDR, symbol: Rp) : 1 Indonesian Rupiah (Rp) = 100 sen. Official currency of Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), a country consisting of more than seventeen thousand islands in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. ISO 3166-1 Indonesia country code is ID. The currency name rupiah is derived from the Sanskrit word for silver (rupyakam रूप्यकम्). Indonesians also informally use the word "perak", meaning silver in Indonesian, in referring to rupiah in coins. In 1946, Indonesian Rupiah was introduced to fight for independence replacing a version of the Netherlands Indies gulden, which had been introduced during the Japanese occupation in World War II. Central bank is Bank Indonesia (BI). Printer is Perum Peruri. Mint is Perum Peruri.