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ALGERIA - BANKNOTES: "Banque de l'Algérie" - CENT FRANCS type 1938, typical 1942 design, i.e. FILIGRANNE LETTRES (continuous Algerian stripe) instead of watermark "tête". This year of issue, troubled by the 2nd World War, was also characterized by sloppy printing. Head of a turbaned Algerian notable, landscape in 2nd plan. Verso: ploughman and his plow pulled by 2 oxen, in the background village saur un tertre & Kabylie landscape. November 2, 1942 - TTB
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ALGERIA - BANKNOTES: "Banque de l'Algérie" - CENT FRANCS type 1938, typical 1942 design, i.e. FILIGRANNE LETTRES (continuous Algerian stripe) instead of watermark "tête". This year of issue, troubled by the 2nd World War, was also characterized by sloppy printing. Head of a turbaned Algerian notable, landscape in 2nd plan. Verso: ploughman and his plow pulled by 2 oxen, in the background village saur un tertre & Kabylie landscape. November 2, 1942 - TTB