Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Dinars 1995 Coup d'état 8th Anniversary
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Tunisie |
|---|---|
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 50 Dinars (دينار) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central shield-shaped coat of arms of the Tunisian Republic, depicting a ship under sail, a lion passant with sword, and a scale, all within a quartered escutcheon surmounted by a crescent and star. The national emblem is surrounded by the circular Arabic legend at the top and the bilingual denomination and issuer legend in Arabic and Latin at the base of the field, reading '50 دينارا DINARS REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE'. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
This piece commemorates the eighth anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's seizure of power on November 7, 1987, when he removed the aging and increasingly erratic Habib Bourguiba — Tunisia's founding president — through a medical coup, presenting certificates signed by physicians declaring Bourguiba mentally unfit to govern. Ben Ali's government subsequently rebranded the date as a national holiday, "Change Day," and issued commemorative coinage annually to legitimize the new order. The 1995 striking falls midway through what would prove a 23-year authoritarian tenure, ending only with the 2011 revolution that helped ignite the Arab Spring.