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2 Francs - Muhammad V
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1907-1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a purely epigraphic design in Arabic script, arranged in multiple horizontal lines across the central field and flanked on either side by upward-curving palm and olive branches. The legend identifies the ruler as Mohammed al-Nasir, Bey of Tunisia, and states the denomination of 2 Francs along with the Hijri year. The inscription is contained within a plain inner field, with the branches serving as the principal decorative elements. The whole is encircled by a finely toothed border. The design is characteristic of French Protectorate-era Tunisian coinage, combining traditional Islamic calligraphic convention with French colonial mint workmanship. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays an ornate central cartouche enclosed within an elaborate raised arabesque scrollwork frame of intertwining foliate and crescent motifs, surmounted and flanked by small five-pointed stars. Within the beaded inner circle, the legend reads TUNISIE / 2 / FRANCS / (year) in three lines, with the Paris mint mark 'A' below the date accompanied by the engraver's cornucopia and torch privy marks. The outer rim is defined by a uniform toothed border. The overall decorative composition reflects the Franco-Arabic aesthetic employed by the Monnaie de Paris for French Protectorate coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | 1325 (1907) A - ١٣٢٥ - 306 1326 (1908) A - ١٣٢٦ Lec# 264 - 100,303 1327 (1909) A - ١٣٢٧ - 303 1328 (1910) A - ١٣٢٨ - 303 1329 (1911) A - ١٣٢٩ Lec# 267 - 475,606 1330 (1912) A - ١٣٣٠ Lec# 269 - 200,303 1331 (1913) A - ١٣٣١ - 303 1332 (1914) A - ١٣٣٢ Lec# 272 - 100,303 1333 (1914) A - ١٣٣٣ - 1334 (1915) A - ١٣٣٤ Lec# 274 - 408,171 1334 (1916) A - ١٣٣٤ Lec# 275 - 1,000,303 1335 (1916) A - ١٣٣٥ Lec# 276 - 1336 (1917) A - ١٣٣٦ - 303 1337 (1918) A - ١٣٣٧ - 303 1338 (1919) A - ١٣٣٨ - 303 1339 (1920) A - ١٣٣٩ - 303 1340 (1921) A - ١٣٤٠ Lec# 281 - 303 |
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