Tunisia 1920 25 centimes

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 47806

This specimen was lot 47806 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TUNISIA. 25 Centimes, AH 1338/1920. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck Paris 1918-20 for the puppet ruler Muhammad al-Nasir Bey. It has privy marks but no mintmark.

Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.

Specification: nickel bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-244; Lec-131.

Source:

• 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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1337/1918-A 50 centimes
• AH 1337/1919 25 centimes
• AH 1339/1920 5 centimes
• AH 1340/1921 50 centimes
• AH 1340/1921 aluminum bronze franc
• Coins and currency dated 1920