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2 Francs
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown lithograph note with an elaborate foliate border of laurel branches framing the entire face. The denomination "DEUX FRANCS" appears in bold white lettering on a dark cartouche at centre, with bilingual French and Arabic text above and below; the authorising decree date "27 Avril 1918 / 16 Redjeb 1336" is printed centrally in both languages. Numeral "2" vignettes occupy the four corners, and two manuscript signatures — those of the Trésorier Général de Tunisie at lower left and the Directeur Général des Finances at lower right — appear above an oval anti-counterfeiting warning cartouche at bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS VALEUR ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE DEUX FRANCS DÉCRET DU 27 AVRIL 1918 16 REDJEB 1336 LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS LITH. A. BEAU FILS & CIE TUNIS IMP. YVORRA BARLIER & CLAVÉ TUNIS هاته التذكرة قابلة للمبادلة بتذاكر البانكة الجزائرية فرنكان الامر العلي المؤرخ في 27 افريل 1918 (في 16 رجب 1336) المدلس يعاقب بالاشغال الشاقة على الابد |
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These small-denomination emergency notes were introduced because the First World War had drained metallic currency from circulation across French-administered territories. Tunisia, as a French protectorate, issued them through the Direction Générale des Finances rather than any banking institution — an unusual arrangement reflecting wartime administrative improvisation rather than normal monetary channels.
Printed entirely in Tunis by a local firm, this is one of the few Tunisian issues of the period without any metropolitan French printing involvement. The Yvorra, Barlier & Clavé press handled both design execution and production locally, which shows in the typography.