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50 Centimes 2nd. Print

Features

Issuer Algeria
Period French Colony (1830-1962)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1944
Value 50 Centimes (0.50)
Currency Franc (1848-1959)
Composition Paper
Size 86 × 53 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 1 March 1949
Number
N#
352841
References P# 100
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Series: Algerian Economic Region - 1944 Second Issue

Obverse

Red print.
Texts in French; prefix and numbering in black; floral frame; country scene represented by palm trees, fruits, a sheaf of wheat, an agricultural field and a village in the distance.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RÉGION ÉCONOMIQUE D'ALGÉRIE
DÉLIBERATION DU 31 JANVIER 1944
50 CENTIMES
عشرة سوردي
ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA
BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE AUX CAISSES PUBLIQUES
DES TROIS DEPARTEMENTS ALGÉRIENS ....
AVANT LE Ier MARS 1949
CH. HERVÉ
IMP LA TYPO LITHO J. CARBONEL ALGER

Translation:
Economic Region of Algeria
Deliberation of January 31th., 1944
50 Centimes
Ten Sou
Exchangeable for notes of the Bank of Algeria to public cashiers of the three Algerian Departments before March 1st., 1949.

Designer: Ch. Hervé

Reverse

Red print. Texts in Arabic and French.
Frame composed of the coats of arms of the 8 Algerian cities: Constantine, Algiers, Oran, Bone, Mascara, Bougie, Mostaganem and Philippeville.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
50 centimes 50
عشرة سوردي
CONTRE-VALEUR DEPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR

Translation:
50 Centimes
10 Sous
Corresponding value deposited in the treasury.

Printer

Imprimerie Jules Carbonel (Imprimeries La Typo-Litho et Jules Carbonel), Algiers, Algeria

Comments

Banknote identical to Pick #97 (50 centimes - 1st. print), but with the black overprint “2nd T.” on the front.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1944  Series I2 40%
1944  Series I3-I4 65%

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Country: France
Languages: FR, EN
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