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5 Dinars
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a portrait vignette of Hannibal Barca (247–183 B.C.), the Carthaginian military general and statesman, anchors the composition, with an architectural rendering of the Phoenician (Punic) military harbour and the Port Punique at Carthage occupying the central and right fields. Arabic inscriptions identifying the issuing authority and denomination are set within an elaborate guilloche underprint. The design is executed in warm tonal registers with fine intaglio detail throughout. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE TUNISIE CINQ DINARS (Translation: Central Bank of Tunisia, Five Dinars) |
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Oberthur's Rennes facility has handled Tunisian currency contracts across multiple series, and this 2008 issue continues that long relationship. The print run of just over 12 million is relatively modest for a denomination that would have seen heavy everyday use — suggesting either tight budgetary controls or a supplemental issue printed to top up existing stock rather than replace a retiring series.
Pick 92 carries only a watermark as its listed security feature, which by 2008 standards was minimal. Whether additional features went uncatalogued or the note genuinely relied on paper quality and intaglio printing as its primary deterrents remains a point of debate among specialists.