FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AFRICA:
Algeria
Algeria pick 121a: 100 Nouveaux Francs from 1959
Blue and multicolored. Seagulls with city of Algiers in background. 31.7.1959; 18.12.1959.
Collectors Comment: obv.: Seagulls; rev.: sheep
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Algeria pick 122b: 5 Dinars from 1964
1.1.1964. Purple and lilac. Griffon vulture, tawny eagle perched on rocks at left center. Back: sheep herder and native objects on back. Watermark: Amir Abd el-Kader. Algerian block number style.
Collectors Comment: obv.: Griffon vulture, tawny eagle; rev.: lamb
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Algeria pick 127b: 10 Dinars from 1970
Red-brown and multicolored. Sheep at left, peacock at right. Seated elderly man at left, ornate building right on back. Minor plate varieties in French text on back. Watermark: Amir Abd el-Kader. Penal code in sans serif font. Series 15-054.
Collectors Comment: obv.: Sheep, peacock
Algeria pick 128b: 100 Dinars from 1970
Brown, brown-orange, blue-gray and pale yellow-orange. Two men at left, airport at center, wheat ears at right. Scenery with edmi gazelle at right on back.
Light brown.
Watermark: Amir Abd el-Kader.
Algeria pick 131a: 100 Dinars from 1981
Dark blue and aqua on light blue underprint. Village with minarets at left. Man working with plants at center on back.
Watermark: Amir Abd el-Kader.
Collectors Comment: obv.: swallow
Algeria pick 141: 500 Dinars from 1998
Deep purple, violet, and red-violet on multicolored underprint. Hannibal's troops and elephants engaging the Romans at center right. Waterfalls at left, tomb ruins of Numid King Massinissa at left center, elephant mounted troops at center right on back. Holographic band at left center.
Collectors Comment: obv.&rev.: elephants
Algeria pick 142b: 1000 Dinars from 1998
Red-brown and orange on multicolored underprint. Tassili cave carvings of animals at lower center, water buffalo's head at right. Hoggar cave painting of antelope at left, ruins at center on back. Holographic band at left center.
Collectors Comment: obv.: water buffalo