5 Dinars 2004 Coup d'état 17th Anniversary, Arabic legend

The coup commemorated here is the November 7, 1987 removal of Habib Bourguiba by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, carried out under a declaration of medical incapacity — a bloodless transfer secured with the signature of seven doctors. Ben Ali's government subsequently institutionalized the date as a national holiday, and commemorative coinage marking each anniversary became a reliable fixture of Tunisian numismatic output through his presidency.

The Arabic-legend variant of this issue was struck alongside a French-legend counterpart, the two differentiated by the obverse inscription language rather than any metallurgical distinction.