20 Francs

Issuer	Bank of Algeria - French Administration
Year	1903-1910
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Size	180 x 118 mm
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Obverse description	The central panel is flanked by two classical allegorical figures: Mercury, god of commerce, seated at left with caduceus and cornucopia, and Hercules at right, club in hand and draped in a lion's skin, symbolising strength. Intricate guilloche patterns and ornate decorative borders frame the composition in a rigorous intaglio style. The design was conceived by Cabasson in 1872 and engraved by Albert Bellenger.
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Reverse description	Two allegorical figures are seated in a classical landscape: a male figure at left, associated with agriculture, holds a sickle and sheaves of wheat, while a female figure at right, possibly personifying industry or France, holds a spindle. The central field is left open to accommodate text or official stamps, surrounded by elaborate classical ornamentation executed in fine intaglio engraving. The plate was engraved by Pannemaker fils after Cabasson's 1872 design.
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Protection description	Head of Mercury
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