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| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1949-1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE ET DE LA TUNISIE CINQ MILLE FRANCS 5000 LE GOUVERNEUR LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS LE CONTREFACTEUR W. FEL FEC. A. MARLIAT SC. (Translation: Bank of Algeria and Tunisia Five Thousand Francs) |
| Reverse description | The central intaglio vignette renders Trajan's Arch at Timgad (ancient Thamugadi, Algeria) with meticulous architectural detail of its triple-arched Roman gateway, engraved by Broutin. To the right, the denomination in large Arabic calligraphic script (خمسة آلاف فرنك) is set against an ornate arabesque guilloche panel, with the bank name in Arabic script (بنك الجزائر وتونس) along the lower centre. Eastern Arabic numeral panels ٥٠٠٠ appear at lower left and lower right. |
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| Signature(s) | 1949-1951 / 13.01.1950 - Flouret, Civier, Delahaye 1951-1956 / 27.11.1951 - Flouret, Civier, Gandy 1951-1956 / 01.04.1953 - Watteau, Civier, Gandy |
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