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Obverse Description
French text; marble head of Isis
Reverse Description
Arabic text; Roman tile mosaic of man plowing field with team of oxen and man sowing seeds (from Work of the Fields, found in Caesarea, now at Cherchell Museum, Algeria)
Catalog Information
GSID:
94117
Variety:
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
BNB #:
B153c
Pick #:
P102
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Bank Note Value History
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
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Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
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05 06 1852 - 04 10 1870 Handwritten sig Series A - Z, A2 - T3 68,200 notes; 131 unredeemed; 4 known (all varieties) Algiers (without ovpt)
Vertical SUCCURSALE D’ORAN ovpt
Vertical SUCCURSALE CONSTANTINE ovpt
Vertical SUCCURSALE DE BÔNE ovpt
Printed date 185_ 18 11 1851 - 20 12 1856 Handwritten date 30 01 1858 - 14 11 1865 Handwritten sig Series A - Z, A2 - B4 76,372 notes; 214 unredeemed; 6 known (all varieties) Algiers (without ovpt)
Vertical SUCCURSALE D’ORAN ovpt
Vertical SUCCURSALE CONSTANTINE ovpt
31 07 1852 - 08 08 1865 Handwritten sig Series A - L 10,700 notes; 14 unredeemed; 0 known (all varieties) Algiers (without ovpt)
Vertical SUCCURSALE D’ORAN ovpt
Vertical SUCCURSALE CONSTANTINE ovpt
No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
14 08 1852 - 08 08 1865 Handwritten sig Series A - D 3,800 notes; 3 unredeemed; 0 known (all varieties) Algiers (without ovpt)
Vertical SUCCURSALE D’ORAN ovpt
Vertical SUCCURSALE CONSTANTINE ovpt
20 09 1870 - 15 03 1872 Handwritten sig Series A4 - O10 163,800 notes; 131 unredeemed; 7 known (all varieties) Algiers (without ovpt)
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