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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Régence de Tunis |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of a veiled woman carrying water jars on her head; at centre and right, a landscape vignette of Bouguernine with mountains, palm trees, and a coastal scene. The denomination "CINQUANTE CENTIMES" is printed in large letterpress across the upper centre, with the Arabic equivalent below, flanked by "50c" corner numerals. Two signature lines appear across the central vignette, captioned "Le Trésorier Général" and "Le Directeur des Finances". |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a Tunisian cityscape viewed through a horseshoe arch with alternating red and white voussoirs, rendered in a lithographic style. The heading "DIRECTION DES FINANCES" appears at top and bottom, repeated in Arabic, with denomination numerals "50c" in each corner. At left, French legal text states the decree date of 15 July 1943 (13 Redjeb 1362), a counterfeiting penalty clause, and the note's exchangeability against Banque de l'Algérie banknotes; corresponding Arabic text appears at right. |
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The Régence de Tunis issued this note under conditions of acute material shortage — Allied landings in November 1942 had severed normal supply lines, and locally printed low-denomination fractional notes were rushed into circulation to address a severe coin shortage. Imprimerie La Rapide, a commercial Tunis printer with no prior currency work of note, produced the series entirely within the occupied territory, which accounts for the notably plain execution.
Tunisia changed hands in May 1943. Notes issued under the Regency that year effectively straddled two administrations.