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1 Dinar Phoenices
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Value | 1 Dinar (دينار) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed depiction of an ancient Phoenician galley occupying the central field, shown sailing to the right on stylized waves rendered in fine relief. The vessel features a large square sail with cross-bracing, visible oarsmen along the deck, a row of shields along the hull, and a curved stern post, evoking the maritime heritage of ancient Carthage. The denomination DINAR appears in Latin along the upper left field, with the Arabic equivalent دينار inscribed below it. The series title PHOENICES is inscribed along the lower exergual area in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | PHOENICES دينار 1 DINAR |
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Issued to commemorate the Food and Agriculture Organization's campaign against hunger, this coin was part of a broader FAO coinage initiative that saw dozens of nations release collector pieces throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tunisia's contribution references the Phoenicians, the ancient maritime civilization whose settlements along the North African coast predate the Arab conquest by over a millennium — a deliberate act of national identity framing by Bourguiba's government, which was actively constructing a Tunisian historical narrative distinct from its Arab neighbors.