Tunisia 1910-A 50 centimes
This specimen was lot 1235 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUNISIA: Muhammad V, 1906-1922, AR 50 centimes, 1910-A/AH1328, a low mintage of only 1,003 pieces, very rarely encountered in auctions, some light surface hairlines, lustrous with pleasant light toning, choice AU, ex SARC Auction 5, Lot 614." This type was struck in AH 1325-1340 in the name of Muhammad al-Nasir Bey. By this point in Tunisian history, the Ottomans had lost influence and France had gained control through debt ownership, making the Tunisia a protectorate. Starting in AH 1308/1891 AD, all coins began showing both Arabic and French legends, and the denominations became decimal-based. All minting during the French protectorate period occurred in Paris ("A" mint mark).
Recorded mintage: 1,003.
Specification: 2.50 g, 0.835 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-237.
- Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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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