Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie |
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| Year | 1875-1903 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse showing a ghost impression of the obverse design through the thin cotton paper, with no distinct printed elements; the sheet appears plain white with faint show-through of the central vignette and border guilloche. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banque de l'Algérie was established in 1851 as a colonial issuing authority, modeled loosely on the Banque de France but with tighter government oversight reflecting Paris's ambivalence about granting full monetary autonomy to a settler colony. This 1000 Francs denomination sat at the top of the circulation hierarchy and would have moved almost exclusively through commercial and government transactions — retail use at that level was effectively nonexistent in late 19th-century Algeria.
Cabasson's involvement places this firmly within the French academic engraving tradition of the period. The long issuance window — nearly three decades — means individual notes can vary in hand-completed date details, and serial numbering practices shifted across the run.