In order to increase understanding and knowledge of the Characteristics of Authenticity of Rupiah Money and to foster a sense of Love, Proud and Understanding of Rupiah in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Bank Indonesia organized a Training of Trainers activity as a series of activities for the Beta Sayang Rupiah NTT (Gebyar Rupiah NTT) Educational Echo. The event was held on Saturday, October 30, 2021 at the Kolbalo Room - Hotel Sotis, Kupang city.

This activity carries the Tag Line "Keeping Rupiah in Southern Indonesia" because NTT Province is directly adjacent to the territorial waters of Australia and Timor Leste, especially Rote Island which is the southernmost island of Indonesia.

The participants who were invited were from banking representatives, PJPUR companies, Posindo, Cooperatives, Pawnshops and other related institutions that carried out processing of Rupiah money. Present to represent PT. SSI is Mr. Victor N. Bogar, who is the Deputy CEO of Region VIII for the Bali and Nusa Tenggara (BaliNusra) region, was accompanied by Adolfus Ardi, the executive staff at COU Kupang.

Before participating in the activity, each participant must pass a health test and carry out an antigen swab test according to the provisions of the Covid 19 Health protocol. Participants who are declared free of COVID-19 based on the test results are only allowed to enter the room to take part in training activities.

The activity was opened by I Nyoman Ariawan Atamajaya as the Head of Bank Indonesia representative for NTT Province. In his speech he reminded all attendees to always love, be proud and understand rupiah "if we love we must be proud, if we are proud we must always understand it as in a relationship between lovers" concluded Mr. Nyoman who really likes the atmosphere of the city of Kupang and its special culinary.

The activity became more interesting and lively when the 97 participants who were present were invited to take the Kahoot Quiz. Quizzes that hone memory and speed in choosing the right answer, make participants excited and cheerful because if they succeed in answering quickly and correctly, the name of the participant will appear on the big screen. Participants who are able to collect the highest score from 10 questions will receive interesting merchandise from the organizing committee.

In the question and answer session, Victor as the representative of SSI asked the question: "Are there any sanctions for people who refuse to transact with coins, because it was found in several districts, the trend is that people do not want to use or transact using coins?"

Where the question was then answered by the resource person that, "The trend that was found was indeed found by Bank Indonesia to have minimal transactions with coins, but Bank Indonesia still issued small denominations with the aim of maintaining price stability in the community. in society there is no more value like two thousand five hundred and everything will start from three thousand ",

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