Currency history
Tunisian piastre / riyal reckoning
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1891
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The story
Annual mejba liability of 36piastres, payable monthly, provides direct fiscalaccount anchor for Tunisianpiastre by 1856. Earlier Ottomanrelationship not inferred solely from shared name. [1]
Principal unit replaced by franc reckoning. This does not prove every old coin or legacy private claim disappeared immediately. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Jean Ganiage · La population de la Tunisie vers 1860. Essai d’évaluation d’après les registres fiscaux, Population21(5),1966,857–886
- Central Bank of Tunisia, Currency Museum · Collections: Protectorate monetary system
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“Tunisian piastre / riyal reckoning.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V27-TUNISIAN-PIASTRE.html