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2 Francs
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Franc (1891-1957) |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS VALEUR ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE هاته التذكرة قابلة للمبادلة بتذاكر البانكة الجزائرية DEUX FRANCS فرنكان SÉRIE 016 Décret du 14 Août 1918 17 Kaada 1336 الأمر العلي المؤرخ في 14 أوت 1918 في 7 قعدة 1336 LE TRÉSORIER GÉNÉRAL DE TUNISIE LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DES FINANCES LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ المدلس يعاقب بالأشغال الشاقة على الأبد PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS |
| Reverse description | Brown guilloche-patterned field with a diagonal lattice underprint. The official arms of the Régence de Tunis are applied as a stamped circular seal at centre. Curved inscriptions DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES FINANCES arc across the upper and lower portions of the design, with corner numeral medallions and a border inscription RÉGENCE DE TUNIS at top and PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS at foot. |
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The Régence de Tunis notes of 1918 were emergency small-denomination issues, filling a gap caused by the acute coin shortage that gripped French North Africa during the First World War. Metallic currency had been hoarded and melted across the region, and the colonial administration had no practical alternative to paper fractions.
Pick 38 belongs to a short-lived fractional series — 50 centimes through 2 francs — authorized under wartime emergency powers. These circulated hard and wore quickly; the paper was never intended for longevity.