Catalog
5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Currency | Franc (1891-1957) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE Cinq Francs L'Inspecteur Le Caissier TUNISIE |
| Reverse description | A draped female allegorical figure stands at right in pale tones against a harbour scene with boats and a lighthouse or minaret in the background. A large numeral '5' appears within a red guilloche rosette at the lower right, while the bank title runs along the bottom margin. A legal warning text is printed in a column to the right of centre. |
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Printed locally in Algiers by Dupuy & Cie rather than shipped from metropolitan France, this note reflects the administrative reality of wartime North Africa — Allied landings in November 1942 had severed normal supply chains, forcing the Banque de l'Algérie to rely entirely on domestic production capacity. Clément Serveau, a French illustrator and poster artist with prewar commercial credentials, contributed designs that were adapted for local printing rather than the intaglio-heavy work typical of Paris or London security printers.
The small physical format was a deliberate response to paper shortages still affecting Algerian supply stocks in 1944.