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10 Dinars 1987 Coup d'état 20th Anniversary, Arabic legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 10 Dinars (دينار) |
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| Reverse description | Central design features two forward-facing profiles of figures, a man and a woman, rendered in high relief against the field, symbolising the Tunisian people. In the lower portion of the central device, a computer keyboard is depicted in perspective, while a satellite dish appears to the right, evoking Tunisia's technological and modernisation ambitions. The entire central design is framed by an ornamental border with arabesque decorative motifs at the sides and base. The Arabic legend 'الجمهورية التونسية' (The Tunisian Republic) and the denomination '10 دنانير' (10 Dinars) are inscribed along the upper border. |
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| Reverse lettering | الجمهورية التونسية 10 دنانير (Translation: The Tunisian Republic 10 Dinars) |
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The "coup d'état" language is the issuer's own — the Banque Centrale de Tunisie officially denominated this coin in commemoration of the November 7, 1987 removal of Habib Bourguiba by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had Bourguiba declared medically unfit for office without firing a shot. Ben Ali governed Tunisia for the next 23 years, until his own removal during the 2010–2011 revolution. A state commissioning a gold commemorative of its founding coup, using that word without euphemism, is unusual enough to note.