½ Dinar

Features

Issuer	Tunisia
Period	Republic (1957-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Years	1416-1434 (1996-2013)
Calendar	Islamic (Hijri)
Value	½ Dinar (دينار) ½ TND = USD 0.17
Currency	Dinar (1958-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	8.0 g
Diameter	23.9 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 1202
References	KM# 346 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 321 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Coat of arms within circle, Islamic and Gregorian date of production, two sprigs. At the top name of the country "Republic of Tunisia".

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
الجمهوريه التونسية
1997-1418

Reverse

Hand holding wheat, hand holding oranges. "Central Bank of Tunisia" at the top, denomination "Half a dinar" at the bottom.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
البنك المركزي التونسي
ELMEKKI
نصف ½ دينار

Engraver: Hatem El Mekki (حاتم المكي)

Edge

Plain

Comments

There are 2 varieties of AH1418-1997.
Obverse:
I - all details small. Leafs are touching the inner circle.
II - all details large. Leafs are not touching the inner circle.
It is easy to see the difference in the position of details and the inner circle.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev

3 completely different types of reverse are known for this emission:
Reverse:
B 1996 - thick rim. Two dots far to the left of the curve of the left word at bottom.
E - thick rim. Two dots under the curve of the left word at bottom.
F - thin rim. Two dots to the left next to the curve of the left word at bottom.
Picture: © Images courtesy of Alexandr Prokofyev

Combinations:
A in AH1416-1996.
I+E, II+F in AH1418-1997.
E in AH1428-2007, AH1430-2009, AH 1432-2011, AH1434-2013.

Note. Dies A, C and D are described in article ½ Dinar 1976-1983.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1416 (1996)	5 000 000		$ 0.19	$ 0.43	$ 0.51	$ 0.58	$ 0.70	$ 4.00		29%
1416 (1996)									Mint Sets (KM#MS2)	0.4%
1418 (1997)		$ 0.17	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.65	$ 0.70	$ 0.85	$ 2.80	Variety I+E	50%
1418 (1997)			$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 0.39	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 3.50	Variety II+F	16%
1428 (2007)				$ 0.12	$ 0.23	$ 1.20	$ 1.30	$ 1.90		14%
1430 (2009)				$ 0.17	$ 0.23	$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 0.58		13%
1432 (2011)				$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 0.73	$ 0.74	$ 0.81		14%
1434 (2013)				$ 0.29	$ 0.43	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	$ 1.30		18%

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