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20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie |
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| Year | 1908-1942 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette with Mercury seated at left and Hercules at right, flanking the main text panel, with a crescent and star motif at bottom centre. Black overprint reading TUNISIE applied over the original Algerian design. Engraved in intaglio by Albert Bellenger after Cabasson's 1872 design. |
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| Reverse description | Allegorical male figure seated at left and female figure at right, with a front-facing classical bust on a pedestal at upper centre, flanked by decorative columns bearing crescent and star emblems. The denomination numeral 20 appears at both sides in large figures. Engraved in intaglio by Pannemaker Fils after Cabasson's 1872 composition. |
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| Variants | P#2a - 7.1.1908; 15.4.1908; 29.4.1908 P#2b - 22.2.1939-28.9.1942 |
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