Tunisia 1976 5 dinars

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1338

This specimen was lot 1338 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $66. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TUNISIA: Republic, AR 5 dinars, 1976, 20th Anniversary of Independence, struck at the British Royal Mint, PCGS graded MS62." The obverse portrait is of Habib Bourguiba, founder and president of Tunisia. Altho Tunisia is a Muslim country, this NCLT lacks the AH date. A ten dinars (KM 324) was struck in gold for this occasion.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 24 g, 0.680 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-305.

Source:

• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1388/1968 gold 5 dinars
• 1976 ½ dinar F.A.O.
• 1976 dinar
• 1976 10 dinars, 20th anniversary of independence
• 1978 5 dinars, French legends
• Coins and currency dated 1976