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5 Francs - Muhammad VIII
| Issuer | Tunisia |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Currency | Franc (1891-1957) |
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| Obverse lettering | محمد الامين مدة باي تونس ٥ فرنكات ١٣٦٥ (Translation: Mohammed Al-Amin Muddat Bey of Tunisia 5 Francs 1365) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Muhammad VIII al-Amin served as Bey of Tunis under French protectorate authority when this piece was struck, a role that would shift dramatically within a decade — France deposed him in 1952 during the independence uprising, only to restore him as Tunisia's constitutional monarch in 1955, and he became the country's first and only king upon independence in 1956 before the monarchy was abolished just a year later. The aluminium-bronze alloy reflects postwar metal constraints still affecting French colonial mints in 1946.