Name of Object:

Coin

Location:

Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée de la Monnaie : Banque Centrale de Tunisie

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Metal, silver

Description:

This coin dating from the reign of is inscribed on one side with "20 francs" written in Arabic, the year 1325 from the Hijri calendar, and framed by an olive branch on the right and a palm leaf on the left. The reverse is inscribed with "20 francs" written in French, "Tunisia" and the year 1907, framed by a beaded border which is then decorated with two flower-stem reliefs, a crescent at the bottom and a star at the top.

Type of Object

Metalwork; coin

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Coin " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;47;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 047