50 Nouveaux Franc overprinted

Features

Issuer	Algeria
Bank emisyjny	Banque de l'Algérie
Period	French Colony (1830-1962)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1956 (1960)
Value	50 New Francs
Currency	New Franc (1959-1964)
Composition	Papier
Size	206 × 105 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Technique	Overprinted (Ovpt on P#109)
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 215591
References	P# 113 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1960 Provisional Issue (New Franc)

Obverse

(en) Polychrome printing predominantly yellow, orange and gray.
The wording of the issuing institute changes and becomes “BANK OF ALGERIA AND TUNISIA”. This wording and the values are printed in dark brown. The numbering, signatures and date of issue are printed in black.
On the left, a head in profile of Apollo, based on a Roman sculpture discovered in 1910 and exhibited at the Cherchell Museum. In the center, in a rectangle, a floral composition including the three signatures and the date of issue. At the bottom, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed on two lines in a dark cartridge.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE
ET DE LA TUNISIE
LE GOUVERNEUR
LE CAISSIERE GÉNÉRAL LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL
CONTRE-VALEUR DE
50
NOUVEAUX FRANCS
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT
DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS LE CONTREFACTEUR
W. FEL FEC. A. MARLIAT SC.

Engraver: André Marliat

Designer: William Fel

Reverse

(en) Polychrome printing predominantly yellow, orange and gray.
In the center, a representation of Trajan's Arc de Triomphe located in Timgad (the Pompeii of Africa). Below, the wording of the issuing institute “BANQUE DE L’ALGERIE ET DE LA TUNISIE” printed in Arabic. On the sides, several bas-reliefs and the value “5000” written in Arabic in the lower corners. At the bottom of the note, between two stylized flowers in bas-relief, article 139 of the Penal Code is printed in Arabic on a single line.

Scripts: arabski, łaciński

Lettering:
القيمة المقابلة
٥٠
فرنكًا جديدًا
بنك الجزائر وتونس

W. FEL FEC. BROUTIN SC

Engraver: Joseph Broutin

Designer: William Fel

Watermark

Profil mauretańskiej kobiety w kwadratowym medalionie po prawej stronie. Automatically translated

Signatures

Jean Watteau (JW)	Governor
Antoine Civier (AC)	General Cashier
Pierre Gandy (PG)	Secretary General

Printer

Banque de France, Paryż, Francja

Comments

(en)

Overprint on Algeria P-109.

This banknote entered circulation in 1960.

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Date	Signatures	No. printed
Undetermined
1956 (1960)			(en) Specimen
1956-Feb-13 (1960)	JW, AC, PG	25 000	(en) Old date: 13-2-1956
1956-Feb-14 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 14-2-1956
1956-Feb-15 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 15-2-1956
1956-Feb-16 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 16-2-1956
1956-Feb-17 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 17-2-1956
1956-Feb-20 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 20-2-1956
1956-Feb-21 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 21-2-1956
1956-Feb-22 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 22-2-1956
1956-Feb-23 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 23-2-1956
1956-Feb-24 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 24-2-1956
1956-Feb-27 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 27-2-1956
1956-Feb-28 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 28-2-1956
1956-Feb-29 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 29-2-1956
1956-Mar-01 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 1-3-1956
1956-Mar-02 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 2-3-1956
1956-Mar-05 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 5-3-1956
1956-Mar-06 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 6-3-1956
1956-Mar-07 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 7-3-1956
1956-Mar-08 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 8-3-1956
1956-Mar-09 (1960)		25 000	(en) Old date: 9-3-1956

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