Tunisia AH 1358 10 francs
This specimen was lot 1237 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "TUNISIA: Ahmad Bey, 1929-1942, AR 10 francs, Paris Mint, AH1358 (1939), a low mintage of 1,103 pieces, this date rarely appears in auctions, XF-AU, ex Stephen Album Price List #269." This type was struck 1935-39 to the module of a French ten francs although only the 1935 was struck for circulation. The succeeding type, KM 265, was dual dated AH 1358/1939. The French, eager to protect their colony in Algeria, seized Tunisia from the local bey when he went bankrupt in the 1880's. French rule in North Africa fell apart during the Nazi occupation of World War Two and Tunisia was granted independence in 1956.
Recorded mintage: 1,103.
Specification: 10 g, 0.680 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge, engraved by Edmond-Émile Lindauer.
Catalog reference: KM-262.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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