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20 Francs - Ahmad II Essai
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1358 (1939) - ١٣٥٨ |
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Ahmad II ibn Ali ruled as Bey of Tunis from 1929 until his death in 1942, a period during which the French Protectorate maintained tight control over Tunisian monetary affairs. Essai pieces of this type were struck at the Paris Mint as trial or pattern submissions — functional proof-of-concept strikings produced in limited numbers for administrative approval rather than circulation. Most Tunisian essais of the interwar period survive in very small quantities, often just a handful of examples.
The .680 fineness is notably lower than the .835 silver standard used in French metropolitan coinage of the same period — a deliberate policy applied to colonial and protectorate issues.