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10 Dinars 2003 Coup d'état 16th Anniversary, French legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Tunisian national coat of arms occupies the central field, featuring a shield charged with scales of justice and a lion, surmounted by a crescent and star emblem. The legend RÉPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, flanked by decorative ornamental devices at each side. The denomination 10 DINARS is inscribed in bold lettering along the lower portion of the field. The overall design is rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Tunisia's November 7, 1987 coup — in which Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed the aging and increasingly erratic Habib Bourguiba by invoking a medical incapacity clause — was rebranded almost immediately as a bloodless "Change" rather than a seizure of power. Ben Ali's government issued commemorative coinage annually marking the anniversary, a practice that continued well into his presidency and functioned as institutionalized self-commemoration. The French-legend variant exists alongside an Arabic-legend counterpart, reflecting Tunisia's bilingual administrative tradition inherited from the protectorate period.