Ahmad II ibn Muhammad held the beyship of Tunisia as a French protectorate figure with little autonomous authority, and the coinage issued under his name reflected that arrangement — struck in Paris, denominated in the French system, and answering ultimately to the Résidence Générale rather than the Husainid court. The nickel-brass alloy used for this series was a deliberate French monetary policy choice of the interwar period, substituting base metal for the bronze previously used in small denomination colonial issues.
Ahmad II ibn Muhammad held the beyship of Tunisia as a French protectorate figure with little autonomous authority, and the coinage issued under his name reflected that arrangement — struck in Paris, denominated in the French system, and answering ultimately to the Résidence Générale rather than the Husainid court. The nickel-brass alloy used for this series was a deliberate French monetary policy choice of the interwar period, substituting base metal for the bronze previously used in small denomination colonial issues.