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100 Rial - Abdulaziz and Muhammad III
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1863-1870 |
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| Weight | 19.68 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the three-line Arabic inscription naming the Ottoman Sultan Abd al-Aziz Khan, enclosed within a symmetrical wreath of two large palm fronds tied at the base with a decorative ribbon bow. The wreath occupies the full inner field, with the legend arranged in three horizontal lines. A fine dentilated border runs along the outer rim. The design is executed in bold relief typical of mid-nineteenth-century Tunisian gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان عبد العزيز خان (Translation: Sultan Abdulaziz Khan) |
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Tunisia issued this gold rial series under a dual-authority arrangement that reflected the awkward political reality of the Regency: Muhammad III al-Sadiq held the title of Bey while the Ottoman sultan Abdul Aziz remained suzerain, requiring both names on the coinage. The arrangement became explosively relevant in 1869, when Tunisia formally declared state bankruptcy — the first such declaration in the Arab world — after debt servicing consumed nearly a third of state revenue and a Franco-British-Italian financial commission took effective control of the treasury.
Coins struck in the final years of this type were produced under those commission constraints.