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100 Dinars 2002 Coup d'état 15th Anniversary, French legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE 100 DINARS |
| Reverse description | The central field features a bold stylized numeral '7' and an abstract modernist design incorporating geometric and mechanical elements, including a triangular form resembling a ballot box and a circular arc with mechanical details, evoking the transformative nature of the 7 November 1987 event. An olive branch extends from the upper right, symbolizing peace and prosperity. A ring of small stars frames the inner design. The commemorative legend 15ème ANNIVERSAIRE DU 7 NOVEMBRE arcs along the upper periphery, while the dual dates 1423 and 2002, representing the Hijri and Gregorian years respectively, appear in the lower exergue flanked by star ornaments. |
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Tunisia's "Coup d'état" commemorative series marks November 7, 1987, the date Zine El Abidine Ben Ali removed the aging and increasingly erratic Habib Bourguiba from power in a bloodless medical coup — a physician declared Bourguiba mentally unfit to govern, and Ben Ali assumed the presidency without a shot fired. By 2002, Ben Ali had rebranded the event as a national holiday under the sanitized title "Change," suppressing any nomenclature that acknowledged its unconstitutional nature. The French-legend variant was struck alongside an Arabic-legend counterpart, a dual-issue practice standard for Tunisian commemoratives targeting both domestic and export collector markets.