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| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1903-1924 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE IL SERA PAYÉ EN ESPÈCES, À VUE, AU PORTEUR Cinq Cents Francs. خمسية ونك فرنك في جزاير Le Secrétaire gal Le Directeur gal Le Caissier gal GA. CABASSON INV ET DEL 1873. PANNEMAKER FILS SC. (Translation: BANK OF ALGERIA / It will be paid in specie, on sight, to the bearer / Five Hundred Francs) |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an allegorical standing male figure atop a plinth flanked by crouching lions, likely personifying Labour or Industry, rendered in deep intaglio engraving. Flanking oval medallion vignettes at left and right each contain a classical female portrait bust in profile, set within elaborate guilloche scrollwork borders, with the numeral "500" appearing in each upper corner. Engraver and designer credits are inscribed in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500 L'ART, L'OR, DU COMMERCE, LA NAVIGATION, TRAVAUX FORCES À REPOUSSER LA CONTREFAÇON JAC. CABASSON INV ET DEL 1873. CH. WULLSCHLEGER SCULP. |
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