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1 Qafsi - Mustafa III
| Issuer | Beylik of Tunis |
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| Year | 1759-1765 |
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| Weight | 0.66 g |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered copper flan bearing a crudely struck Arabic legend in the field. The inscription, reading in Arabic script, references the mint city of Tunis together with the regnal year 1176 AH. The design is characteristic of the rough, informal striking style typical of small-denomination Ottoman-era Tunisian fractional coinage, with no pictorial device present. The surfaces display the uneven relief and flan irregularities inherent to the hammered technique. The coin's modest size and weight reflect its role as the smallest unit of the Tunisian Rial monetary system. |
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| Obverse lettering | ١١٧٦ في تونس (Translation: 1176 in Tunis) |
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| Mintage | 1172 (1759) - ١١٧٢ - 1173 (1760) - ١١٧٣ - 1174 (1761) - ١١٧٤ - 1175 (1762) - ١١٧٥ - 1176 (1763) - ١١٧٦ - 1177 (1764) - ١١٧٧ - 1178 (1765) - ١١٧٨ - |
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