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5 Millimes Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 5 Millimes (ملّيم) (0.005 TND) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a finely rendered olive tree in high relief, its dense, textured canopy spread broadly above a gnarled trunk with surface roots visible at the base, set against a plain field. An Arabic legend curves around the upper periphery, reading the name of the Banque Centrale de Tunisie, with additional Arabic inscriptions flanking the tree on both sides. The date 1960 appears in Western numerals along the lower exergue. The overall design is clean and boldly struck, consistent with a trial or pattern piece intended to test the obverse die. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this obverse trial piece is entirely blank, presenting a flat, featureless planchet surface with no design, legend, or devices of any kind. The field shows characteristic die-trial handling marks and surface abrasions consistent with a test striking. The plain reverse confirms this piece was struck solely to evaluate the obverse die design and relief. |
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Trial pieces for the 1960 Tunisian millimes series were produced as the Banque Centrale de Tunisie worked through design and metallurgical approvals following independence in 1956. Striking a 5 millimes denomination in silver was never the production intent — the circulating issue used aluminum — making this a pattern struck purely for official review, not commerce.
Very few were made, and fewer still left the approval process through official channels.