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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Size | 207 × 105 mm |
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| Obverse description | Large intaglio vignette at left of a classical Greco-Roman sculpted head in three-quarter profile, engraved by André Marliat after the design of William Fel. At centre, an elaborate guilloche panel frames three signature lines — Le Gouverneur, Le Caissier Général, and Le Secrétaire Général — set against a decorative architectural underprint. The denomination "CINQ MILLE FRANCS" appears in large letterpress text along the lower margin, with the issuer title "BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE ET DE LA TUNISIE" across the upper centre. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a Roman triumphal arch rendered in fine intaglio engraving, identified as the Arch of Triumph, set against a lightly coloured architectural background with flanking pilaster details. Arabic script inscription "بنك الجزائر تونس" runs below the arch, while an ornate floral guilloche panel at right carries the denomination in Arabic numerals. The lower border incorporates a decorative band with additional Arabic text and stylised floral motifs. |
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The Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie was a transitional institution — Algeria had operated under the Banque de l'Algérie since 1851, but Tunisia's incorporation into the note-issuing structure formalized a colonial monetary union that was already under political strain by the time this series entered circulation. Tunisia gained independence in 1956; this note's issue window closes just before that rupture made the institution's dual mandate untenable.
William Fel's design was executed through the Banque de France's own printing workshops in Paris, with Marliat handling the obverse intaglio and Broutin the reverse — a division of engraving labor that was characteristic of the period's larger-denomination work. At this format and value, the paper stock was heavier than lower denominations in the series, and surviving circulated examples frequently show stress fractures along the vertical center fold.