Rp 25 coin

Rp 25 coin

From Neraca

The government needs to review the policy of issuing a Rp 25 coin. On a day to day basis it is rarely used. In fact it is difficult to spend a Rp 25 coin as most traders are reluctant to accept them. Even in buses these coins are hardly seen.

But I notice that many supermarkets still use the coins for small change. Some shops prefer to use candies to replace Rp 25 coins for small change. As a result of this social reluctance to use these particular coins, some people have a great number of the coins at home which remain unused. They are no more than a toy for small children.

Frankly, I don't know whether or not these coins are still used in the provinces outside Jakarta for daily business transactions. But just imagine how much money is idle if each family throughout the archipelago possesses just one coin. This is a great loss to the country. Yet we still have three more coins of smaller denominations -- Rp 10, Rp 5 and Rp 1. What has happened to them? This means that the value of the rupiah has decreased by 25 times.

ELLY NURITA

Jakarta