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10 Dinars 21st Anniversary of 7 November 1987 Coup d'état
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a circular vignette depicting a modernist landscape with three wind turbines rising from rolling terrain on the left, a solar panel array on the right, a stylized cityscape with domed architecture in the middle ground, and a radiant sun in the upper field, evoking themes of renewable energy and national development. The design is framed by an inner beaded circle flanked by ornamental arabesque scrollwork at the lower sides. The Arabic legend الجمهورية التونسية (The Tunisian Republic) arcs along the upper portion of the border, set against a polished field. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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The 7 November 1987 coup removed Habib Bourguiba — Tunisia's independence architect and president-for-life — through a medical declaration of incompetence orchestrated by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. No shot was fired. Ben Ali then institutionalized the date as a national holiday, and the Tunisian mint commemorated successive anniversaries with silver issues of this kind, a practice that continued until the 2011 revolution swept Ben Ali himself from power after 23 years.