Tunisia 1957 5 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1954 and 1957 in the name of Bey Muhammed Al Amin. French control of Tunisia, never firm, collapsed after World War Two and the French withdrew in 1956. This issue is dated after independence but coinage for Habib Bourgiba's republic did not commence until 1960. It is accompanied by copper-nickel ten, twenty, fifty and hundred francs.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 277.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1945-A franc
• 1957 50 francs
• 1970 dinar
• Coins and currency dated 1957
• return to coins of Tunisia