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50 Dinars 1999 Coup d'état 12th Anniversary, Arabic legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Tunisian coat of arms occupies the centre of the field, depicting a shield quartered with a sailing vessel, scales of justice, and a lion, surmounted by a crescent and star emblem. The Arabic legend of the issuing authority curves along the upper rim, while the denomination '50' flanked by the Arabic word for dinars appears in the lower field. Decorative arabesque ornaments are placed symmetrically in the left and right fields. |
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| Reverse lettering | الذكرى الثانية عشر للسابع من نوفمبر 2000 1999 - 1420 (Translation: 12th Anniversary of 7 November 2000, 1999-1420) |
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Tunisia's so-called "Medical Coup" of November 7, 1987 saw Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali remove Habib Bourguiba from power by invoking a constitutional clause requiring a medical panel to certify the president unfit for office — a procedure deployed for the first time in Tunisian history. Ben Ali's government subsequently institutionalized November 7th as a national celebration, and commemorative gold issues marking each anniversary became a predictable fixture of the Banque Centrale's output through the 1990s.
The 1999 issue marks twelve years of Ben Ali's rule, less than a decade before the 2011 revolution forced him into exile in Saudi Arabia.