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25 Centimes - Ahmad II Essai

Features

Issuer Tunisia
Ruling authority Ahmad II (1929-1942)
Type Patterns
Year 1350 (1931)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 25 Centimes (0.25 TNF)
Currency Franc (1891-1957)
Composition Aluminium-nickel bronze
Weight 5 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
112612
References KM# E15
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Lec# 132
Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

Obverse

Ruler, value and Islamic date in Arabic

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
احمد
مدة
باي تونس
٢٥
صنتيم
١٣٥٠
سنة

Translation:
Ahmad Muddat
Bey of Tunisia
25 Centimes
Year 1350

Engraver: Henri-Auguste Patey

Reverse

Tunisia in French and value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TUNISIE
25 CENTIMES
1931
ESSAI
PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS

Translation:
Tunisia
25 Centimes
1931
Essai
French Protectorate

Engraver: Henri-Auguste Patey

Edge

Plain

Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Wing Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

Comments

Essai of KM#260

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1350 (1931)  Wing ١٣٥٠

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