20 Francs

The Banque de l'Algérie occupied an unusual position during this period — nominally under Vichy authority until November 1942, then operating under the Free French administration following the Allied landings in North Africa. Notes issued across the 1943–1945 window therefore span two distinct political authorities operating through the same institution, with no change to the printed design to mark the transition.

Romagnoli was a prolific engraver whose work appeared across multiple French colonial issues of the period. The collaboration with Duval on this series was not unique to Algeria — identifying which colonial series used borrowed or adapted plate elements requires careful comparison of engraver credits across contemporary Banque de France affiliate issues.