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40 Dinars Republic 10th Anniversary
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of President Habib Bourguiba in high relief, facing left, with finely detailed hair and strong facial features rendered in a naturalistic portrait style. The legend encircles the bust in both Arabic and Latin scripts, reading in bilingual parallel form around the full periphery of the coin. The Arabic inscription appears along the upper and lower arcs, while the Latin text occupies the corresponding positions, together identifying the subject as President of the Tunisian Republic. |
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| Obverse lettering | الحبيب بورقيبة HABIB BOURGUIBA PRESIDENT DE LA REP. TUNISIENNE رئيس الجمهورية التونسية (Translation: Habib Bourguiba President of the Tunisian Republic) |
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Issued to mark ten years of Tunisian independence and the formal establishment of the republic, this is one of the heaviest gold pieces the Banque Centrale de Tunisie ever produced. The 1967 date places it squarely in the early Bourguiba years, when commemorative coinage was used deliberately to project state legitimacy to an international audience — these were as much diplomatic objects as circulating currency.
Actual circulation was never the intent. Most examples were sold directly to collectors and foreign banks, and the survival rate in original condition is correspondingly high.