Tunisia AH 1353 5 francs
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This specimen was lot 46911 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $89. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUNISIA. 5 Francs, AH 1353 (1934/5). Paris Mint. Ahmad II. PCGS MS-66." This design, suitably modified, was also used on silver ten (KM 262) and twenty francs (KM 256). The module was the same as the Syrian 25 piastres. It was struck again in AH 1355. The French departed Tunisia in 1956.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.680 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-261; Lec-306.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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