Description:
Obverse
A head of a Barbary falcon (Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides, a sub species of the peregrine falcon) looking right is surrounded with the year in the Islamic and the Gregorian calendars
Reverse
The facial value is surrounded with the Arabic inscription "Bank of Algeria" (on top) and "dinars" (underneath) and two stars.
Figure 10 design refers to a epigraphic pattern from the Merinide era.
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