Tunisia AH 1357 10 francs
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This specimen was lot 1444 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUNISIA: French Protectorate, AR 10 francs, AH1357 (1938), key date, Paris mint, a charming mint state example, PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck in Paris AH 1353-1358 for the puppet regime in Tunisia. The AH 1353 is the only date that circulated; the others were struck only for presentation. The Nazi occupation during World War Two disrupted French colonial rule and in 1956, Tunisia obtained her independence.
Recorded mintage: unknown but few.
Specifications: 10 g, 0.680 fine silver, 0.218 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-262.
- 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, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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