Money Matters: All You Need to Know about New Tunisian Notes

Money Matters: All You Need to Know about New Tunisian Notes

On April 28, 2022 the Central Bank of Tunisia put into circulation two new Tunisian banknotes, so don’t get confused if you see some other people instead of familiar Hannibal and Ibn Rachik on fifty dinar and five dinar notes. The new banknotes will circulate along with other notes which are already in circulation, they are absolutely legal means of payment.

Read the article to find out what they look like.

A new five dinar banknote: Slaheddine El Amami

On an old five dinar banknote you could see a portrait of Hannibal, an outstanding commander from the legendary Carthage who is widely regarded as one of the greatest military tacticians and generals of antiquity.

A new banknote depicts a talented agricultural engineer Slaheddine El Amami who made a significant contribution to solving the problem of arid and semi-arid zones, he was one of the creators of the water supply system in Tunisia and the head of the regional innovative Project on Improving Irrigation and Drainage Techniques, implemented in cooperation with UNESCO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The results of the research conducted as a part of this project are still considered to be the world standard in the field of salt water use in irrigation. Slaheddine El Amami was born in Sfax in 1936, died in 1986.

The dimensions of the note which has been issued in 2022 are 143 x 73 mm, the color scheme is green.

The front side features:

• a portrait of Slaheddine El Amami in the middle;
• the inscription “Central Bank of Tunisia” at the top of the banknote and its denomination below, both are in Arabic;
• in the middle, to the left of the portrait, the denomination of the banknote in a form of a large number 5, under it is the date of issue “20-3-2022”;
• the signatures of the bank manager and assistant manager in the lower right-hand corner.

The reverse side features:

• an image of the Roman aqueducts of Zaghouan in the middle of the banknote and plant ornament depicted as a symbol of fertility;
• the inscription “Banque Centrale de Tunisie” at the top;
• number 5 in the top right- and left-hand corners, the word “dinars” in Arabic under the number 5 on the right;
• number 5 in the lower left-hand corner and the inscription “CINQ DINARS” to the right of it.

In the right and left borders on the front of the note there is a raised bar for the benefit of the visually impaired.

A new fifty dinar banknote: Hedi Nouira

There was a portrait of Ibn Rachik on an old fifty dinar note. He was a famous medieval Arab poet who was born in Algeria, but got an education in Kairouan, that’s why he is also called Ibn Rachik Al Kairouani. On duty at the sultan’s court, the poet wrote panegyrics for the ruler, but he did not limit himself to them. His poems ridiculed the stupidity of officials and court squabbles, and because of that Ibn Rachik eventually had to flee to Egypt where he lived until his death.

On a new fifty dinar note you can see a portrait of Hedi Nouira, one of the Founding Fathers of the Republic of Tunisia, who went from exile and prisons to the top of political power. Hedi Nouira founded the Central Bank of Tunisia and in 1958 became its first manager. Since 1970, during the presidency of Habib Bourguiba, he had been serving as the Prime Minister of Tunisia for ten years, and these years in the history of the country are associated with the economic growth and major reforms. Hedi Nouira was born in 1911, died in 1993.

The dimensions of the note which has been issued in 2022 are 158 x 79 mm, the color scheme is brown.

The front side features:

• a portrait of Hedi Nouira in the middle;
• the inscription “Central Bank of Tunisia” at the top of the banknote and its denomination below, both are in Arabic;
• in the middle, to the left of the portrait, the denomination of the banknote in a form of a large number 50, under it is the date of issue “20-3-2022”;
• the signatures of the bank manager and assistant manager in the lower right-hand corner.

The reverse side features:

• an image of the Central Bank of Tunisia in the middle and a symbolic image of the globe in a form of white lines;
• the inscription “Banque Centrale de Tunisie” at the top;
• number 50 in the top right- and left-hand corners, the phrase “fifty dinars” in Arabic under the number 50 on the right;
• number 50 in the lower left-hand corner and the inscription “CINQUANTE DINARS” to the right of it.

In the right and left borders on the front of the note there is a raised bar for the benefit of the visually impaired.

Stylized forms of the Arab-Islamic style and various drawings used in the design perfectly complement each other. Both new banknotes, of five and fifty dinars, look beautiful and solid.

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