3 Qafsi - Mehmed IV

The Beylik of Tunis operated under Ottoman suzerainty during Mehmed IV's long reign, but local beys exercised considerable autonomous authority over coinage — the Tunisian mint at Tunis struck its own fractional copper issues largely independent of Istanbul's monetary directives. The 3 Qafsi denomination served petty commerce in a port economy where Spanish, Dutch, and French silver circulated alongside local copper, making small-denomination indigenous coinage a practical necessity rather than a political statement.