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5000 Francs
| Issuer | Bank of Algeria - French Administration |
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| Year | 1949-1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The central intaglio vignette renders Trajan's Arch at Timgad (ancient Thamugadi, Algeria) with meticulous architectural detail of its triple-arched Roman gateway, engraved by Broutin. To the right, the denomination in large Arabic calligraphic script (خمسة آلاف فرنك) is set against an ornate arabesque guilloche panel, with the bank name in Arabic script (بنك الجزائر وتونس) along the lower centre. Eastern Arabic numeral panels ٥٠٠٠ appear at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | بنك الجزائر وتونس خمسة آلاف فرنك ٥٠٠٠ W. FEL FEC. BROUTIN SC. |
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The 5000 Francs denomination was the highest issued by the Bank of Algeria in this period, circulating through the final years of French administration before the War of Independence transformed every institution on both sides of the Mediterranean. At that face value, these notes moved primarily through commercial and government channels rather than daily retail use, which means genuinely worn examples are proportionally rarer than one might expect — heavy circulation simply wasn't typical for a note of this magnitude in the colony's economy.
Three distinct signature combinations span the full run, with Flouret appearing across the earliest two before Watteau took the top signature in 1953. Marliat and Broutin dividing the engraving work between obverse and reverse was standard Banque de France practice for large-format prestige issues of this era.