Tunisia 1895-A 50 centimes

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 1234

This specimen was lot 1234 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUNISIA: Ali III, 1882-1902, AR 50 centimes, 1895-A/AH1313, mintage of only 1,000, a very rare date, XF, ex Künker Auction 165, Lot 1243 (March 2010), ex Stack's Bowers Galleries Sale 159, Lot 10651 (March 2011), ex Stephen Album Price List #276 (June 2013). This is the only example present on CoinArchives." This type was struck at Paris 1891-1902 altho only the 1891 was struck in sufficient quantity to circulate.

Recorded mintage: 1,000.

Specification: 2.50 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-223, Lec-140.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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