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2 Francs
| Uitgever | Régence de Tunis |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bilingual note in French and Arabic, with the central field bearing the denomination DEUX FRANCS in large letterpress type above the Arabic equivalent فرنكان, flanked by a pair of Art Nouveau-style caryatid vignettes. The upper border carries the inscription RÉGENCE DE TUNIS centred on a crescent-and-star emblem, while the lower border reads PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS. The mid-field includes the decree date, series, and note number, together with two manuscript signature lines, a central rectangular warning cachet, and a bilingual exchangeability clause at foot. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Central rectangular overprint on obverse warning that counterfeiting is punishable by hard labour in perpetuity. |
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| Opmerkingen |
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.