fco_817647 - TUNISIA - FRENCH PROTECTORATE Essai de 5 Francs 1946 Paris
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Type : Essai de 5 Francs
Date: 1946
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1100
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 31,03 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,70 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : EN ARABE : MOHAMMAD AL LAMINE BEY TUNIS DATE DE L’HÉGIRE 1365 / ESSAI.
Obverse description : Listel de style arabe, palme et branche d’olivier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TUNISIE . PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS . 1946.
Reverse description : Entrelacs fermé d’épis.
Historical background
TUNISIA - FRENCH PROTECTORATE
(1881-1956)
The French protectorate of Tunisia was established by the Treaty of Bardo of May 12, 1881. The political, economic and social structures of the country were transformed and the monetary system was modeled on that of France with the adoption of identical modules. The protectorate was finally abolished on March 20, 1956 after negotiations constituting the culmination of the Tunisian national movement..
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