SINCONA AG
Auction 31 24 October 2016
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OTTOMAN TUNIS
Contemporary Forgeries
Lot of 4 contemporary forgeries: different denominations, made of mostly copper (Cu)
a. 5 riyals 1281ah AeZn cf.KM 162 xf
b. 2 riyals 1248 Ae cf.KM 93 f-vf
c. riyal dated 120 Ae cf.KM 72.2 vf thin legends
d. riyal dated 120 Ae cf.KM 72.2 vf (different dies than 197c) thick legends
Who would ever want to counterfeit a Tunisian coin?! Most of the coins in these lots date from the definitive arrival of the French in Tunisia in the year 1881ce (1298ah). Others had already been produced around the time when the French invaded the Barbary Coast in 1830ce. To be sure, these contemporary forgeries are a most interesting aspect of Tunisia's numismatic heritage and are undoubtedly all very rare.