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5 Dinars
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Size | 143 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette comprises an intaglio bust portrait of Hannibal Barca set against a guilloche underprint with a panoramic view of the ancient Punic port of Carthage extending to the left. The numeral "5" appears in large format at left, with the Arabic denomination خمسة دنانير below it; a diamond-shaped ornamental motif is positioned at upper and lower centre-right. Two facsimile signatures of bank officials appear at lower right, alongside a map of Tunisia and a small bust medallion. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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François-Charles Oberthur in Rennes has printed the majority of Tunisian banknotes since the BCT's early decades, and this 2013 issue continues that relationship without interruption. The 5 Dinar denomination sits at the low end of Tunisian currency in practical daily use — high enough to matter, low enough to circulate hard.
The 2013 date places this note just two years after the revolution that ended Ben Ali's 23-year presidency, a period during which the BCT was under considerable pressure to maintain public confidence in the currency. A print run of just over 12 million for this denomination is relatively modest by regional standards.