100 Rial - Abdulmecid I and Muhammad II

The Beylik of Tunis occupied an increasingly precarious position through the 1850s — nominally Ottoman, practically autonomous, and under mounting pressure from French and British creditors. The 100 Rial issues of this period reflect the dual-sovereignty fiction maintained by Husainid beys: Ottoman sultan's name carried on Tunisian coinage as a gesture of suzerainty, while actual fiscal and administrative authority remained in Tunis. The arrangement satisfied protocol without surrendering control.

KM#130 corresponds to issues spanning the reigns of both Abdulmecid I and his successor Abdul Aziz — Muhammad II ibn Husayn serving continuously as Bey throughout. The overlapping reign attribution accounts for the date range rather than any change in Tunisian governance.