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Message:: [QUOTE="petronius, post: 1568976, member: 37365"]An interesting note Hiddendragon :thumb: I have the same but without written. I have instead another note, Banque De L'Algerie 100 francs, overprinted for use in Tunisia, dated September 2, 1940, with the words "I love you" Kiss an illegible signature (or G. luck...good luck?) and a date...March, 7 Sunday, 1943. Tunisia became a French protectorate in 1881, during World War II it was occupied by the Germans from December 1942 to March 1943.Liberation of Tunisia was the the greatest goal of Allied forces in North African campaign of 1942-1943. Americans began the invasion from the west in January 1943, the British advanced from the southeast in March, the Germans left Tunisia on May 12, 1943. The note becomes a valuable record of this historic moment: who else but an Allied soldier may have written these words? most unlikely not a Tunisian, the spoken languages in Tunisia were Arab and French, and the date correspond with the beginning of the British invasion. Who is the woman that you may write with love on a banknote? Well, we'll never know, but it's nice to see that even a simple bill can you tell us a page of history. petronius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH]214429.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]214430.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]