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10 Dinars Central Bank 40th Anniversary, Monastir Branch, French legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 10 Dinars (دينار) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the Tunisian coat of arms depicted as a shield bearing a sailing vessel above scales of justice and a lion, surmounted by a crescent and star emblem. The legend REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the denomination 10 DINARS is inscribed in bold relief along the lower periphery. Small decorative floral ornaments flank the denomination at either side. The entire design is struck to proof quality with deeply mirrored fields contrasting the frosted relief of the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | QUARANTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA BANQUE CENTRALE DE TUNISIE COMPTOIR DE MONASTIR 1958-1998 (Translation: 40th Anniversary of the Central Bank of Tunisia Monastir Branch 1958-1998) |
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The Banque Centrale de Tunisie was established in 1958, one year after independence, as Tunisia moved to replace the franc-zone institutions inherited from the French protectorate. The 40th anniversary issue in 1998 coincided with a period of institutional consolidation under Ben Ali's government, which had come to power in 1987. The Monastir branch carried particular political weight — Monastir was the birthplace of Habib Bourguiba, the republic's founding president, and remained a site of deliberate symbolic investment throughout both his tenure and his successor's.
The French-legend variant exists alongside an Arabic-legend counterpart, reflecting Tunisia's bilingual administrative practice rather than any separate issuing authority.