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1 Franc
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Designer(s) | Frédéric Weber |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS UN FRANC فرنك واحد SÉRIE 008 Decret du 27 Avril 1918 (16 Redjeb 1336) الامر العلي المؤرخ في 27 افريل 1918 (في 16 رجب 1336) LE TRÉSORIER GÉNÉRAL DE TUNISIE LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DES FINANCES VALEUR ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE هاذه التذكرة قايلة لمبادلة بتذاكر البانكة الجزائرية LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ المدلس يعاقب بالاشغال الشاقة على الابد PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS LITHO & GRAVURE F. WEBER IMP. YVORRA BARLIER & CLAVÉ - TUNIS |
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| Reverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES FINANCES PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS |
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Produced locally in Tunis during the final years of the First World War, this fractional note was a direct response to the acute small-coin shortage afflicting much of the French empire — metal coinage was being hoarded or melted, and the protectorate's finances needed a stopgap. The Direction Générale des Finances, rather than the Banque de l'Algérie which handled larger denominations, stepped in to cover the gap at the lowest values.
Weber designed and engraved the plate himself — unusual for a provincial press run — and Yvorra, Barlier et Clavé were a commercial Tunis printing house, not a specialist security printer. That origin shows in known examples, which tend to exhibit uneven ink distribution across the surface.