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100 Dinars 2001 Coup d'état 14th Anniversary, French legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Gold (.900) |
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| Obverse description | The Tunisian national coat of arms is prominently displayed at centre, featuring a shield surmounted by a crescent and star, with a sailing ship in the upper portion and scales of justice flanked by a lion in the lower portion. The French legend 'REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE' curves along the upper periphery, while the denomination '100 DINARS' appears in large raised numerals along the lower field. Decorative floral or arabesque ornaments flank the denomination on either side. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Tunisia's "Coup d'état" commemoratives mark November 7, 1987, the date Zine El Abidine Ben Ali removed the aging and increasingly erratic Habib Bourguiba from power — declaring him medically unfit to govern rather than staging a conventional military overthrow. Ben Ali, then Prime Minister, had been in office for less than a month. The bloodless transfer was accepted with little resistance, and Ben Ali's government subsequently institutionalized November 7th as a national holiday, issuing commemorative coinage annually with a persistence that became almost propagandistic in its regularity.
The French-legend variant exists alongside an Arabic-legend counterpart, produced for distinct collector markets.