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10 Francs - Muhammad VIII
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1943-1944 |
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| Weight | 10 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | محمد الامين مدة باي تونس ١٠ فرنكات ١٣٦٤ (Translation: Mohammed Al-Amin Muddat Bey of Tunisia 10 Francs 1364) |
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Muhammad VIII al-Amin became Bey of Tunis in June 1943, weeks after the Axis surrender in North Africa ended the brief but consequential German-Italian occupation. These silver issues were struck under Free French authority as Tunisia transitioned back into the French protectorate framework, making them a product of a politically awkward interregnum — nominally Beylical, practically French-administered, with Vichy-era institutional memory still fresh in the mint hierarchy.
The .680 fineness reflects wartime silver rationing applied across French colonial issues of the period, a deliberate step down from the .835 standard used before the war.