Watch List notes:

OTTOMAN TUNIS
Transitional Coinage
With the name Ali Bey (1299-1320ah / 1882-1902ce)

Lot of 4 coins: 8 kharub, AR, KM 205, Fen 563-566, all xf-Fdc

a. 1305 ah xf+
b. 1306 ah (overstruck onto 1302ah) xf-unc
c. 1307 ah xf+
d. 1308 ah Fdc
Beginning with the year 1298ah (1881ce), during the regency of Muhammed al-Sadiq Bey, the name of the Ottoman Sultan no longer appears on Tunisian coins. Henceforth, only the name of the reigning Bey is to be read on the obverse. The French Protectorate was founded that same year although decimal coinage was not introduced until 1308ah (1891ce).