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2 Francs
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS DEUX FRANCS فرنكان Série 102 Decret du 25 Janvier 1921 (15 Djouradi-al-Aouel 1339) الامر العالي المورخ في 25 جانفي 1921 في 15 جمادي الاولى 1339 Le Trésorier Général de Tunisie LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ Le Directeur Général des Finances VALEUR ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE المذكرة قابلة لمبادلتها بذكارى البانكة الجزائرية PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS |
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| Reverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES FINANCES PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS |
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The Direction Générale des Finances issued small-denomination emergency notes during and after the First World War to compensate for the near-total disappearance of metallic coinage from circulation. This 2 Francs note, printed locally by Pforra & Savier rather than sent to a European security printer, reflects the practical constraints of the period — Tunis had to manage with what was available.
Local production by a commercial Tunis firm rather than a specialist banknote printer is the genuinely unusual element here. The overprint warning text substitutes for the embedded security features a European house would have provided.