Economy of Indonesia the Republic of Indonesia), a currency issued by the Republican Government which was the predecessor of Rupiah. Despite so, currency issued during the Japanese occupation and by Dutch authorities were still in circulation, and simplicity of the ORI made its counterfeiting straightforward, worsening matters. Once the nation's independence has been recognised by the Netherlands on December 1949, the next 10 years saw the devaluation of Dutch banknotes into half their value ("Gunting Sjafruddin"), dissolution of the United States of Indonesia in 1950, and during the liberal democracy period the nationalization of "De Javasche Bank" into modern Bank Indonesia and the
National Gallery of Indonesia General Decision Letter No. 126/F/1982, dated February 28, 1982, the management of the structure was transferred to the Directorate General of Culture. This core building (Building A) has since been used as an Exhibition Building and is now the central structure of Indonesia National Gallery. The founding of Indonesia National Gallery was done among the efforts carried out to establish National Cultural Development Center Program ("Wisma Seni Nasional"/"Pusat Pengembangan Kebudayaan Nasional") begun in the 1960s. While waiting for the realization of the National Cultural Development Center Program, Prof. Dr. Fuad Hasan (at the time the Minister of Education and Culture)