2 Centimes

Algeria's 1964 coinage series was issued in the immediate aftermath of independence, with the Banque Centrale d'Algérie established in January 1963 to replace the franc zone infrastructure that had governed the country's monetary system under French administration. The 2 centimes belonged to a complete new decimal series introduced that year — the first coinage struck entirely under Algerian authority.

Aluminium issues from this series saw limited practical use; the centime denominations were effectively obsolete almost from introduction as inflation eroded their purchasing power through the late 1960s.