Tunisia AH 1370/1950 100 francs

from the Ma’adi Collection

from the Ma’adi Collection

This type was struck 1950 and 1957 in the name of Bey Muhammed Al Amin. French control of Tunisia, never firm, collapsed after World War Two and the French withdrew in 1956. This issue is dated after independence but coinage for Habib Bourgiba's republic did not commence until 1960. It is accompanied by copper-nickel five, ten, fifty and hundred francs.

Recorded mintage: 8,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 276.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1945-A franc
• 1943 gold 100 francs
• AH 1371/1951 (20) francs
• AH 1372/1952 gold (100) francs
• 1970 dinar
• Coins and currency dated 1950
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