20 Francs

Features

Issuer	Algeria
Issuing entity	Banque de L'Algérie
Period	French Colony (1830-1962)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1942-1945
Value	20 Francs
Currency	Franc (1848-1959)
Composition	Paper
Size	125 × 92 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 220146
References	P# 92a, 92A, etc. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).

Obverse

Portrait young woman at lower right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE
VINGT FRANCS
20
L'ART.139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX
FORCES A PERPÉTUITÉ LE CONTREFACTEUR

Translation:
Bank of Algeria
Twenty Francs
Article 139 of the penal code punishes forced labor life sentence for the infringer.

Engraver: Cesare Abramo Romagnoli

Designer: Georges Duval

Reverse

Two youths with plants

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
GEORGES DUVAL FEC. ROMAGNOL SC

Engraver: Cesare Abramo Romagnoli

Designer: Georges Duval

Watermark

Repeated "BANQUE DE L'ALGERIE"

Printer

Banque de France, Paris, France

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Date	VG	F	VF	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1942-1943)	$ 0.52	$ 1.50	$ 17		P# 92a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	Dates: 11.11.1942 to 24.7.1943 (without letters); Signatures titles: L'Inspecteur Général et Le Caissier Principal (Béring/Sebald)	49%
ND (1943-1944)					P# 92a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	Dates: 26.10.1943 to 1.6.1944 (with letters); Signatures titles: L'Inspecteur Général et Le Caissier Principal (Béring/Sebald)	25%
ND (1944)					P# 92A Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	Specimen; overprinted "SPECIMEN"; Signatures: Bérino/Sebald.	3%
ND (1944-1945)			$ 17	$ 73	P# 92b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (5 volumes).	Dates: 29.11.1944 to 7.5.1945 (without letters); Signatures titles: Le Secrétaire Général et Le Caissier Principal (Roux/Sebald)	37%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 64 Lot 375	17 Aug 2022	ND (1942-1943) – P# 92a – Dates: 11.11.1942 to 24.7.1943 (without letters); Signatures titles: L'Inspecteur Général et Le Caissier Principal (Béring/Sebald)	VF	USD 17.10 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 68 Lot 41	8 Oct 2022	ND (1942-1943) – P# 92a – Dates: 11.11.1942 to 24.7.1943 (without letters); Signatures titles: L'Inspecteur Général et Le Caissier Principal (Béring/Sebald)	F	USD 68.41 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 104 Lot 779	19 Dec 2023	ND (1944-1945) – P# 92b – Dates: 29.11.1944 to 7.5.1945 (without letters); Signatures titles: Le Secrétaire Général et Le Caissier Principal (Roux/Sebald)	UNC	USD 109.46 (EUR 96.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 148 Lot 2546	11 Jan 2025	Undetermined	VF	USD 10.26 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 113 Lot 969	17 Feb 2024	Undetermined	VF	USD 9.12 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.