Tunisia

Settled by Phoenicians in the twelth century B.C., Tunisia, on the Mediterranean coast of Africa, was a French protectorate from 1881 to 1956. An independent kingdom was proclaimed in that year, but changed to a republic in 1957.

Languages: Arabic, French
Capital: Tunis

Monetary systems:
1 Bourbe = 1/2 Asper
52 Aspers = 1 Piastre
16 Kharubs = 1 Piastre or Sebili (to 1891)
100 Centimes = 1 Franc (1891 to 1958)
1000 Millim = 1 Dinar (from 1959)
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1 crude copper:
- KM#???: [ND, A, $30]

1 Bourbe:
- KM#???: [1160 , F, $30]
- KM#52.2: [1173, date below, VF, $29]

1 Asper or Nasri:
- KM#102: [1265, VF, $68]

3 Aspers or Nasri:
- KM#103.1: [1263, F, $78]

1 Kharub:
- KM#155: [1281AH, VF, $16]

2 Kharub:
- KM#116.1: [Host date 1274 (countermark "2" on KM#115.1), VF, $80]
- KM#156: [1281, VF, $12]
- KM#157: [1283, EF, weight 14 grammes, $90]
- KM#174: [1289, VF, $17]

4 Kharub:
- KM#158: [1283, VF, $170]

8 Kharub:
- KM#159: [1281 copper, F, $16]

5 Centimes:
- KM#221: [1891 (1308) , A, $4], [1892A (1309), F, $8], [1893A (1310), F, $9], [1903A (1321), A, $8]
- KM#228: [1904 (1322) , VF, $12]
- KM#235: [1907A (1325) , F, $8], [1908A (1326) , EF, $11], [1912A (1330) , VF, $8], [1914A (1332) , EF, $11], [1916A (1334), EF, $11], [1917A (1336) , VF, $8]
- KM#242: [1918 (1337),VF, $6], [1919 (1337), VF, $6], [1920 (1338) large (19mm), VF, $6]
- KM#245: [1920 (1339) small (17mm), VF, $26]
- KM#258: [1938 (1357), BU, $64]

10 Centimes:
- KM#222: [1891A (1308), VF, $13], [1892A (1309), EF, $32], [1892A (1310), VF, $265]
- KM#229: [1904A (1322), F, $9]
- KM#236: [1907 (1325), P, $3], [1908A (1326), VF, $8], [1911A (1329), EF, $14], [1914A (1332), EF, $15], [1916A (1334), EF, $14], [1917A (1336), EF, $15]
- KM#243: [1919 (1337), VF, $6], [1920 (1338), VF, $6]
- KM#254: [1926 (1345), VF, $50]
- KM#259: [1938 (1357), VF, $9]
- KM#267: [1941 (1360), A, $5], [1942 (1361), A, $5]

25 Centimes:
- KM#244: [1919 (1337), VF, $6], [1920 (1338), VF, $6]
- KM#260: [1933 (1352), VF, $6], [1938 (1357), VF, $6]

50 Centimes:
- KM#223: [1891 (1308), EF, $102]
- KM#237: [1916A (1335), EF, $24], [1917A (1335), EF, $19], [1921 (1340), EF, $19]
- KM#246: [1933 (1352) mm narrow-wide, BU, $140], [1941 (1360) mm wide-narrow, VF, $8], [1945 (1364) mm wide-narrow, AU, $21]

1 Franc:
- KM#224: [1891 (1308), AU, $95]
- KM#238: [1911A (1329), EF, $23]
- KM#247: [1921 (1340), VF, $8], [1926 (1345), EF, $39], [1941 (1360) wide-narrow, EF, $12], [1945 (1364) wide-narrow, VF, $8]

2 Francs:
- KM#225: [1891 (1308), A, $18]
- KM#248: [1921 (1340), EF, $39], [1924 (1343), EF, $26], [1926 (1345), VF, $19], [1941 (1360), EF, $21], [1945 (1364) , VF, $10]

5 Francs:
- KM#261: [1353, EF, $43]
- KM#264: [1939 (1358), EF, $74]
- KM#273: [1946 (1365), EF, $9]
- KM#277: [1954 (1373), EF, $9], [1957 (1376), BU, $11]

10 Francs:
- KM#262: [1353, AU, $48]

20 Francs:
- KM#274: [1950 (1370), VF, $5], [1957 (1376), BU, $11]

50 Francs:
- KM#275: [1950 (1370), EF, $7], [1957 (1376), BU, $12]

100 Francs:
- KM#276: [1950 (1370), VF, $6]

1 Millim:
- KM#280: [1960, BU, $5]

2 Millim:
- KM#281: [1960, BU, $5]

5 Millim:
- KM#282: [1960, EF, $4]

10 Millim:
- KM#306: [1960 (1380), BU, $5]

20 Millim:
- KM#307: [1960 (1380), VF, $4]

50 Millim:
- KM#308: [1960 (1380), F, $5]

100 Millim:
- KM#309: [1960 (1380), A, $4]

½ Dinar:
- KM#291: [1968 owl mm, AU, $6]

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