20 Dinars “Pacha” Ettounsi; 2nd. type

Features

Issuer	Tunisia
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Tunisia (البنك المركزي التونسي)
Period	Republic (1957-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	2011
Value	20 Dinars (دينار) 20 TND = USD 6.89
Currency	Dinar (1958-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	153 × 76 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 209286
References	P# 93 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Polychrome printing predominantly red, blue and orange.
Security background composed of geometric shapes, arabesques and volutes with a view of the fortified Ksar of Oued Soltane de Tataouine. In the center, Kheireddine “Pacha” Ettounsi (1822-1890), grand vizier of the regency of Tunis then of the Ottoman Empire, represented on horseback with his sword in hand. The labels are printed in Arabic in the center at the top.
The value “20” is printed in olive-green and orange-red and repeated in two opposite angles. The numbering is printed in black in two opposite corners with a prefix “E/1 to E/24” and a 7-digit number. At the bottom, the issue date “2011-3-20”.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
البنك المركزي التونسي
عشرون دينارا

Translation:
Central Bank of Tunisia
Twenty Dinars

Reverse

Texts in French. View of the Sadiki College in Tunis. The digit value is repeated three times. Holographic strip.
L'École Sadiki (error) or College Sadiki (corrected)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Vingt Dinars

Translation:
Central Bank of Tunisia
Twenty Dinars

Watermark

Olive tree and electrotype 20

Printer

Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date)

Comments

Signatures of Deputy Governor Brahim Saada and Governor Mustapha Kamel Nabli.

The note has a solid security strip which can be read under backlight. It has “20DINARSBCT” repeated on it:

There are two patches of gold iridescent ink on the reverse. On the left are three flowers and on the right there is one flower and a 20:

The appearance of the note under infrared:

UV activity at 365nm:

Under UVC light (254nm) a red 20 appears on the obverse:

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Date	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2011-Mar-20		$ 4.30				P# 93a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix E/1 to E/6; text on back below building "L'Ecole Sadiki" (error)	24%
2011-Mar-20						P# 93ar Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Replacement; Prefix ER; "L'Ecole Sadiki"	2%
2011-Mar-20	$ 6.90	$ 6.90	$ 6.90	$ 13	$ 18	P# 93b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Prefix E/7 to E/24; text on back below building "College Sadiki" (corrected)	77%
2011-Mar-20						P# 93br Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Replacement; Prefix ER; "College Sadiki"	3%
2011-Mar-20						P# 93s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; Diagonal red boxed SPECIMEN ovpt. s/n: E/1 0000000.	0.6%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 107 Lot 1355	10 Jan 2024	2011-Mar-20 – P# 93b – Prefix E/7 to E/24; text on back below building "College Sadiki" (corrected)	UNC	USD 17.41 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 167 Lot 677	19 Aug 2025	Undetermined	AU	USD 22.05 (EUR 19.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 93 Lot 1187	24 Aug 2023	Undetermined	VF	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 78 Lot 2457	1 Mar 2023	Undetermined	VF	USD 23.21 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 68 Lot 290	8 Oct 2022	Undetermined	VF	USD 23.21 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 64 Lot 378	17 Aug 2022	Undetermined	VF	USD 9.29 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 87 Lot 1567	21 Jun 2023	Undetermined		USD 70.80 (EUR 61.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 87 Lot 1566	21 Jun 2023	Undetermined		USD 69.64 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 83 Lot 2281	20 May 2023	Undetermined		USD 35.98 (EUR 31.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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