Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Franc
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
|---|---|
| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Franc |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Printed in red and black on white paper, the obverse carries the bold central title 'UN FRANC' in a black cartouche, with the Arabic equivalent 'فرنك واحد' above. The series and serial number are printed in black at left and right respectively, with the decree date 'Décret du 5 Avril 1918 / 16 Redjeb 1336' in the centre. Two manuscript signatures appear below the titles of 'Le Trésorier Général de Tunisie' and 'Le Directeur Général des Finances', with bilingual (French and Arabic) text panels at the foot noting exchangeability against Banque de l'Algérie notes and the counterfeiting penalty, all within a decorative guilloche border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS UN FRANC فرنك واحد Série 011 Nº 49499 Décret du 5 Avril 1918 16 Redjeb 1336 Le Trésorier Général de Tunisie Le Directeur Général des Finances VALEUR ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red, with a large central oval bearing an official stamp of the Régence de Tunis superimposed over a finely rendered underprint of repeated text. The vertical side panels carry the inscription 'DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES FINANCES' on both left and right margins. The upper and lower borders repeat 'RÉGENCE DE TUNIS' and 'PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS' within plain ruled frames, while the numeral '1' appears in the upper corners, all enclosed within a guilloche ornamental border. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |