Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie |
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| Year | 1950-1957 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the Roman ruins of Sbeitla (Sufetula), with a row of Corinthian columns receding into the distance at left, and a draped classical female statue at right. The issuer's title BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE ET DE LA TUNISIE arches across the top, with the denomination 1000 rendered in numerals at upper left and right and MILLE FRANCS in letterpress at lower left. Three signature lines appear in the centre field for Le Gouverneur, Le Caissier Général, and Le Secrétaire Général. |
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| Reverse description | Central circular vignette reproduces the celebrated antique mosaic of Neptune in his triumphal chariot, drawn by four sea-horses and attended by marine deities, rendered in polychrome intaglio. The denomination appears in Arabic script — الف فرنك — at right, with the numeral 1000 at upper left and right. Arabic legends border the upper and lower margins, and the artists' credits H. CHEFFER FEC. and C. BELTRAND SC. appear at the lower corners. |
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