Tunisia 50 dinars banknote |
Tunisia 50 dinar note |
Obverse: Portrait of Ibn Rachiq Al Kairouani, the City of Culture building "La Cite de la Culture".
Reverse: Rades-La Goulette suspension bridge over ship canal to Tunis; Airplanes and jetways at Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport terminal (formerly Zine el-Abidine ben Ali Airport; renamed after President el-Abidine left the country in 2011).
Ibn Rachiq Al Kairouani (999-1063) who was born in Mhamdia near Tunis, was a poet, writer and literary critic. He is known for his magisterial “Al Umda”, a treatise of literary criticism in two volumes, written during the golden age of Arab culture.
Watermark: Ibn Rachiq and electrotype 50; Format 167 x 80 mm.
Holographic stripe. Windowed security thread with demetalized 50 DINARS BCT. Dated 2008.11.07.
Signed by Taoufik Baccar, governor; and Hedi Zar, vice-governor.