Tunisia AH 1310/1893-A 5 centimes
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This specimen was lot 78616 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUNISIA. 5 Centimes, AH 1310/1893-A. Paris Mint. Ali III. PCGS MS-63 Brown." This type was struck in France for its protectorate of Tunisia 1891-93. It is dual dated in the AH calendar and the Common Era. All the denominations, from five centimes to twenty francs, were struck in this year using the modules of French coinage.
Recorded mintage: 1,008,243.
Specification: 5 g, bronze, 25 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-221.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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