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5 Dinars 1987 Coup d'état 16th Anniversary, Arabic legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 9.48 g |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE CINQ DINARS 5 |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Tunisia's "coup d'état" coinage is unusual by any standard — few governments mint commemoratives explicitly celebrating a coup, but Ben Ali's administration did exactly that, marking the November 7, 1987 removal of Habib Bourguiba with annual issues. Bourguiba had ruled since independence in 1956; Ben Ali declared him medically unfit and assumed power without bloodshed, a transition Tunisian state media consistently framed as a constitutional correction rather than a seizure.
The Arabic-legend variant of this series was struck alongside a French-legend counterpart, the two issues targeting different collector markets simultaneously.