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20 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1914-1942 |
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| Size | 163 × 105 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE PAYABLES AU PORTEUR ET A VUE VINGT FRANCS ART. 139 _ LE CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE LE CONTREFACTEUR |
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| Signature(s) | 1914-1921 / 02.10.1914 - Biron & Moyse 1924-1932 / 30.05.1924 - Penalva & Moyse 1938-1939 / 25.11.1938 - Penalva & Archambaud 1941-1942 / 17.03.1941 - Sebald & de Roux |
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The lifespan of this note — nearly three decades across four signature combinations — reflects just how reluctant the Banque de l'Algérie was to retire a design that worked. The plate originated with the Banque de France, which produced the series in Paris throughout its entire run, though the issuing authority remained nominally Algerian.
Romagnoli's reverse engraving is the detail worth noting. An Italian-born engraver working through the Banque de France's atelier, his credited involvement on an Algerian colonial note is an oddity of the period's printing arrangements rather than anything reflecting local artistic commission.
The 1941–1942 Sebald & de Roux signature dates place the final emissions squarely under Vichy administration.