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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | Lithographie et Gravure F. Weber / Imprimerie Yvorra, Banier & Clave, Tunis |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS CINQUANTE CENTIMES خمسون صنتيما SÉRIE 026 Décret du 30 Septembre 1918 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 LITHO & GRAVURE F. WEBER IMP. YVORRA, BANIER & CLAVE TUNIS |
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| Protection type | Overprint stamp, Typographic underprint |
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Issued under French protectorate administration during the First World War, this note exists because the wartime disruption of metal supplies made small coin production impractical across much of the French empire. The Direction Générale des Finances stepped in with emergency fractional paper — a stop-gap measure that outlasted the coin shortage by several years in some territories.
The dual-printer attribution is unusual: F. Weber handled the lithographic and engraved elements locally, while Yvorra, Banier & Clave supplied the typographic overprint, both firms operating out of Tunis. A locally produced wartime emergency note from start to finish, with no metropolitan French printer involved.