Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
100 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
|---|---|
| Year | 1861-1874 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue-black intaglio on cream paper and presents a bilingual layout in French and Arabic. At the top centre, the issuer's name "BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE" is set in bold letterpress above the payable clause and the denomination "cent francs" in large script lettering, with the Arabic equivalents below. Flanking the central text field are two tall allegorical vignettes of classical male figures, while a lower central vignette carries a reclining female allegory with a trident, all surrounded by fine guilloche scrollwork; three signature lines for Le Contrôleur, Le Directeur, and Le Caissier appear beneath the denomination. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in a single dark tone, is dominated by an elaborate guilloche border of interlocking lathe-work patterns filling the entire surface. At the centre bottom sits an ornate oval medallion enclosing an eagle or imperial cipher motif, while a large compass-rose or star ornament occupies the upper centre. The overall design is purely typographic and geometric, with no figurative vignettes, intended as a security underprint that renders the note difficult to counterfeit. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |