Tunisia. Central Bank of Tunisia. 1973 Issues. 5 dinars Type 1973. Date: October 15, 1973. Date of circulation: June 4, 1979. Withdrawal from circulation: December 31, 2003. Dimensions: 162 x 81 mm. Watermark: Habib Bourguiba. Material: Paper. Solid security thread with printed Arabic text. Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited (TDLR), London, England. Multicolored front and back printing, predominantly brown, orange and green. Description of the front: Background made up 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 left, a portrait of Habib Bourguiba. Below the portrait, a view of the Sousse medina and three row boats along shore. The value "5" is repeated in the corners. Prefixes "C / 1 to C / 75" behind the number in black. Description of the back: Background made up of guilloche patterns and arabesques. The name of the issuing institute is indicated in French "BANQUE CENTRALE DE TUNISIE". Below, multiple scenes of Tunisian culture and history: mosaics, minaret, column, ancien coin of carthage, domed mosque. The value "5" is repeated in the corners. The specimen is known overprinted "SPECIMEN" obliquely or horizontally in red in the center on the front and back and numbered C / 1 000000 or C / 16 000000. Replacement notes with the prefix CR.