½ Dinar Habib Bourguiba

½ Dinar (Habib Bourguiba) - obverse½ Dinar (Habib Bourguiba) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Tunisia
Period Republic (1957-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1976-1983
Value ½ Dinar (دينار)
½ TND = USD 0.16
Currency Dinar (1958-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 8 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
1200
References KM# 303,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 242
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of the President left, date below.

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
الحبيب بورقيبة
1976
رئيس الجمهورية التونسية

Translation:
Habib Bourguiba
1976
President of the Tunisian Republic

Reverse

Two hands with three fruit and a wheat sprig, value below, engraver's name in Latin script to the left.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
البنك المركزي التونسي
ELMEKKI
نصف 1/2 دينار

Translation:
Central Bank of Tunisia
El Mekki
Half ½ Dinar

Engraver: Hatem El Mekki

Edge

Smooth

Mint

VDM Metals / Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany (1930-date)

Comments



There are 2 different variants for each year.
1976. Obverse:
I - there are almost no lines in hairstyle.
II - deep lines in hairstyle.
It is easy to see the difference in the shape of 2 dots under and above the last letter of the bottom word: the lower is small under the line and are large above the line for die I and vice versa for die II.
Reverse:
A - all details thick, small signature.
B - all details thinner, large signature.
It is easy to see the difference in the shape of 2 dots on the fragment of the top legend: the vertical and horizontal are large and near each other for die A and vice versa for die B.
Combinations 1+A and 2+B.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev

Note. Die B was used to strike coins dated 1988, 1990 and AH1416-1996.

1983. Obverse:
I - all details thick, there are almost no lines in hairstyle.
II - all details thin, deep lines in hairstyle.
It is easy to see the difference in the shape of numerals.
Reverse:
C - all details thin.
D - all details very thin.
It is easy to see the difference in the shape of letters and dots of the right word in the bottom.
Combinations I+C and II+D.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1976  $ 0.41 $ 0.41 $ 0.66 $ 2.40 16% large signature (Variety II+B)
1976  700 000 $ 0.17 $ 0.17 $ 0.43 $ 0.54 $ 0.95 $ 0.95 $ 1.80 62% small signature (Variety I+A)
1983  400 000 $ 0.83 $ 0.83 $ 0.83 $ 0.93 45% Variety I+C
1983  $ 0.11 $ 0.60 $ 0.60 9% Variety II+D

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