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1 Dinar
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio portrait vignette of President Habib Bourguiba faces left against a fine guilloche underprint. To the lower centre, a vignette of the Roman Amphitheatre of Carthage is rendered in multicolour letterpress. Arabic inscriptions identifying the issuing authority and denomination appear across the upper register. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banque Centrale de Tunisie handled its own printing for this series — unusual for a central bank of its size at the time, and a point of national policy rather than mere economics. Tunisia had invested in in-house printing capacity through the 1970s precisely to reduce dependence on foreign security printers, a decision that shaped the visual and technical character of several denominations from this period.
At over twelve million pieces, the print run was substantial for a 1 dinar note. Watermark security only, no metallic thread — typical cost calculus for a low-denomination workhorse expected to circulate hard and be replaced frequently.