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| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1921-1936 |
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| Size | 181 × 115 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in intaglio presents an allegorical group at left with two children among foliage, and at right a turbaned man seated with a camel, rendered in a fine engraved style. The denomination CENT FRANCS appears in large lettering at centre, beneath the bank title BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE, with the clause PAYABLES AU PORTEUR ET A VUE and a bilingual inscription in French and Arabic. Two blank octagonal watermark panels occupy the upper corners, and the panel border is composed of ornate guilloche work. |
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| Protection description | Blank octagonal watermark panels visible on both obverse and reverse |
| Variants | P#81a(1) - 1921 signatures: Moreau, Biron, Moyse P#81a(2) - 1924 signatures: Moreau, Penalva, Moyse P#81b(1) - 1928-1936 / 23.10.1928 signatures: Picard, Penalva, Moyse P#81b(2) - 1936-1938 / 20.05.1936 signatures: Escallier, Penalva, Archambaud |
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