Catalog
50 Centimes
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGENCE DE TUNIS CINQUANTE CENTIMES خمسون صانتيما Série 015 Décret du 27 Avril 1918 (16 Redjeb 1336) الأمر العالي المؤرخ في 27 أفريل 1918 (في 16 رجب 1336) Le Trésorier Général de Tunisie: Le Directeur Général des Finances: VALEUR ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE هاته الذكرة قابلة للمبادلة بذكاكر البانكة الجزائرية LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ المدلس يعاقب بالأشغال الشاقة على الأبد PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS LITHO & GRAVURE F. WEBER IMP. YVORRA, BARLIER & CLAVÉ - TUNIS |
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| Protection description | Circular official dry-stamp impression of the Régence de Tunis arms applied to the reverse centre. |
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Produced locally in Tunis during a period when small-denomination metallic currency had effectively disappeared from circulation — hoarded, exported, or melted — this emergency fractional issue filled a genuine gap rather than a bureaucratic one. The Direction Générale des Finances, not the Banque de l'Algérie which handled larger denominations, took responsibility for these low-value notes, which says something about how improvised the arrangement was.
Weber designed and engraved the plate himself, an unusual consolidation of roles pointing to the limited resources available locally. Yvorra, Barlier et Clavé were a Tunis commercial printing house — not a security printer — and the official stamp was the primary safeguard against counterfeiting.