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10 Dinars
| Issuer | Central Bank of Algeria |
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| Year | 1982-1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a mountain village set within a valley, with a building rendered at lower left and a panel of ancient decorative art at right. The composition is framed by Arabic and French inscriptions with a guilloche border underprint. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Amir Abd el-Kader |
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Algeria's 10 Dinar note of this series occupies a peculiar position in the country's post-independence monetary history — by the early 1980s, the denomination had been so thoroughly eroded by inflation that it functioned almost as small change, yet the Central Bank continued issuing it in paper form rather than transitioning to coinage, which didn't happen until later in the decade.
The watermark is the sole security feature, a notably sparse specification for the period, suggesting either cost constraints or an assumption that the low face value made counterfeiting economically unattractive.