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5 Dinars Arabic numerals
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Size | 172 x 95 mm |
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| Reverse description | A large intaglio vignette at left portrays the interior of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, with its rows of horseshoe arches and columns receding into the background. The Tunisian national arms — a shield bearing a sailing vessel, scales of justice, and a lion, surmounted by a crescent — appear at centre right, flanked by an olive branch at far right. The bank name and denomination are inscribed in French above and below the central design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Tunisia's first post-independence central bank issues were contracted to Bradbury Wilkinson almost immediately after the Banque Centrale de Tunisie was established in 1958 — the relationship with British security printers was a pragmatic holdover from the administrative connections of the protectorate period rather than a considered choice. The "Arabic numerals" designation in the catalog distinguishes this type from a parallel issue carrying Western numerals, a deliberate dual-script approach reflecting the new state's need to communicate across a bilingual population.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility had handled colonial and post-colonial currency contracts across Africa and Asia for decades. The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature — intaglio printing does most of the remaining work.