8 Kharub - Mustafa III

Mustafa III ruled the Ottoman Empire from Constantinople, but Tunis operated under the Husainid beys with considerable autonomy — local coinage reflected that remove, struck in billon at a fineness that varied batch to batch depending on available silver supplies. The kharub denominations of this period are notorious for inconsistent alloy quality, and KM#59 in particular turns up with surfaces ranging from near-silver in color to heavily debased, dark flans, all from the same nominal issue.