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1 Dinar FAO, Essai
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar (دينار) |
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| Reverse description | A richly detailed agricultural scene occupies the central field, depicting a figure harvesting dates from a laden palm tree, accompanied by a pair of oxen in the foreground and a tractor ploughing in the left middle ground, symbolising the harmonisation of traditional and modern farming. A rooster is visible at the lower left. The acronym FAO appears prominently in the central field. The bilingual legend 1 DINAR arcs along the upper border in Latin and Arabic scripts, while RECOLTE ABONDANTE VIE PROSPERE curves along the lower border in Latin, echoed in Arabic above. The engravers' names El Mekki and Corréa appear in small lettering in the lower exergue area. |
| Reverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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Issued as an essai — a trial strike produced for official approval rather than circulation — this piece was part of Tunisia's contribution to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which recruited dozens of member nations throughout the late 1960s and 1970s to produce commemorative issues promoting agricultural development. Essais from the Banque Centrale de Tunisie were typically struck in very limited numbers, primarily for distribution to government officials, central bank archives, and specialist collectors.
The FAO program itself was coordinated through the Bank of Italy's technical advisory arm, with participating nations retaining design control. Tunisia's 1970 entry appeared the same year the country was deepening state investment in its agricultural sector under Bourguiba's post-collectivization recovery policies.