v37_1498 - PROVISIONAL GOVERNEMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC - TUNISIA - FRENCH PROTECTORATE Essai de 10 centimes 1945 Paris

PROVISIONAL GOVERNEMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC - TUNISIA - FRENCH PROTECTORATE Essai de 10 centimes 1945 Paris MS

MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 60.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 72.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 72.00 €

Type : Essai de 10 centimes

Date: 1945

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 1100

Metal : zinc

Diameter : 17,42 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,49 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Aucune trace de circulation mais la surface du zinc a légèrement travaillé et les champs ne sont plus brillants, surtout au revers

Catalogue references :

Lec.119

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Pierre-2

Obverse

Obverse legend : EN ARABE : MOHAMMAD AL LAMINE BEY TUNIS DATE DE L’HÉGIRE 1364 / 10 CENTIMES / ESSAI.

Obverse description : Inscription arabe avec date de l’Hégire autour de la perforation centrale.

Reverse

Reverse legend : TUNISIE/ 10 CENTIMES/ 1945/ ESSAI/ PROTECTORAT FRANÇAIS.

Reverse description : Rameau et branche d’olivier autour de la perforation centrale.

Commentary

Ce type, aussi bien émis qu’en essai ou piéfort, semble beaucoup plus rare et difficile à trouver que les chiffres officiels de fabrication ne le laisseraient penser.

Historical background

PROVISIONAL GOVERNEMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC - TUNISIA - FRENCH PROTECTORATE

In August 1950, Mohamed Lamine formed a government in which Bourguiba participated. The latter demands autonomy, then independence. He was again arrested in 1952. The arrival of Pierre Mendès France at the head of the French government, two years later, changed the situation: France agreed to negotiate with the nationalists. In a speech delivered in Carthage on July 31, he undertakes to grant internal autonomy. On March 20, 1956, a protocol abolished the Treaty of Bardo which had been signed between the Bey of Tunis and the French government on May 12, 1881 and which had established the protectorate of France over Tunisia. On March 20, 1956, Tunisia became independent. The Republic was proclaimed on July 25, 1957 and the bey abdicated..