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20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and yellow note with an intricate guilloche underprint framing the central value numeral '20' in a circular cartouche. The bank title 'BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE TUNISIE' is lettered at the top, with the date '4-6-1948' below it and the denomination 'VINGT FRANCS' in bold letterpress across the note. Two manuscript signatures of the Cashier and Secretary appear at lower left and right respectively, above the serial number O.16 / 227, with the designer's name 'M. S. KHAMASSI' noted at the lower right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE TUNISIE VINGT FRANCS 4-6-1948 le Caissier Gal le Secrétaire Gal M. S. KHAMASSI |
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The Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie was formed in 1949 when the Banque de l'Algérie absorbed responsibility for Tunisian currency as well — making a 1948-dated note issued under that combined name a transitional curiosity, printed in anticipation of the institutional merger before it was formally complete. The Banque de France handled the presswork, as it did for most French colonial currency of this period.
Mohamed Salah Khamassi's involvement as designer is notable: a Tunisian artist working on official colonial currency was unusual for the period, and his contribution here is one of the few documented cases of local creative input into the French North African note series.