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| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie |
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| Year | 1938-1945 |
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| Designer(s) | Léon Georges Jean-Baptiste Carré |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a robed man and a veiled woman standing in the foreground, gazing toward a sweeping landscape with traditional North African architecture in the background. The country name is overprinted in black on the right side of the note. Engraver and designer credits appear in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE TUNISIE CINQUANTE FRANCS خمسون فرنك LÉON CARRÉ FEC. E DELOCHE SC. |
| Reverse description | Central scene of a bustling North African marketplace in the foreground, with robed figures, donkeys, and market goods spread across the lower portion, set against a panoramic view of a large Roman amphitheatre — likely the El Djem amphitheatre — dominating the upper background. A blank panel on the right likely served as the watermark or signature zone. The engraver and designer credits appear in the lower left and right margins respectively. |
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