Tunisia. Central Bank of Tunisia. 1972 Issues. 1/2 dinar Type 1972. Date: August 3, 1972. Date of circulation: 21-03-1973. Withdrawal from circulation: 01-01-1995. Dimensions: 140 x 70 mm. Watermark: Habib Bourguiba. Material: Paper. Solid security thread with Arabic text. Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (TDLR), London, England. Multicolored front and back printing, predominantly brown, yellow and green. Description of the front: Background composed of guilloche patterns and arabesques. The labels are printed in Arabic at the top center. A single combination of signatures with General Manager Mohamed Bousbia and Governor Ali Zouaoui. On the right, a portrait of Habib Bourguiba and on the left, a view of the harbor of Goulette. The value "1/2" is repeated in the corners. Prefixes "A / 1 to A / 22" before the number in black. Description of the back: The name of the issuing institute is indicated in French "BANQUE CENTRALE DE TUNISIE". Below, a panoramic view of the city of Tunis and the watermark on the right. The value "1/2" is repeated in the corners. The specimen is known overprinted "SPECIMEN" in oblique or horizontal red in the center on the front and on the back and numbered A / 1 000000. Replacement notes with prefix AR.