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50 Dinars 1987 Coup d'état 13th Anniversary, French legend
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Dinar (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Tunisian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield featuring a sailing vessel in the upper section, scales of justice in the lower left quarter, and a rampant lion in the lower right quarter, with a ribbon bearing Arabic script across the middle. The crescent and star emblem of Tunisia is positioned above the shield. The circular legend RÉPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, flanked at each side by decorative floral ornaments. The denomination 50 DINARS appears in large numerals along the lower portion of the field. The entire design is struck in high relief on a polished gold flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE 50 DINARS (Translation: The Tunisian Republic 50 Dinars) |
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This piece commemorates the thirteenth anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's November 7, 1987 seizure of power, in which the then-prime minister ousted the aging Habib Bourguiba by having him declared medically unfit to govern — a constitutional maneuver that avoided bloodshed but was orchestrated entirely without democratic mandate. Ben Ali initially presented the takeover as a restoration of rational governance after Bourguiba's increasingly erratic final years, and the anniversary issues became routine fixtures of state self-celebration throughout his presidency. The French-legend variant reflects Tunisia's bilingual administrative tradition rather than any separate mintage authorization.