Evidence coverage: 1856–1891. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
Tunisian piastre was the principal monetary unit replaced by franc reckoning in1891; riyal is an alternative local designation in the earlier Husaynid system, not a second denomination-node.
Sources and qualifications →Annual mejba liability of36piastres,payable monthly,provides direct fiscalaccount anchor for Tunisianpiastre by1856. Earlier Ottomanrelationship not inferred solely from shared name.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Tunisian piastre was the principal monetary unit replaced by franc reckoning in1891; riyal is an alternative local designation in the earlier Husaynid system, not a second denomination-node.
C1445Annual mejba liability of36piastres,payable monthly,provides direct fiscalaccount anchor for Tunisianpiastre by1856. Earlier Ottomanrelationship not inferred solely from shared name.
C1446Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Tunisian piastre was the principal monetary unit replaced by franc reckoning in 1891; riyal is an alternative local designation in the earlier Husaynid system, not a second denomination-node.
Husaynid and protectorate sections
Contemporary original report La Tunisie confirms article 1 in search-indexed text but full PDF download repeatedly failed502, so it is not counted as inspected evidence.
Annual mejba liability of36piastres,payable monthly,provides direct fiscalaccount anchor for Tunisianpiastre by1856. Earlier Ottomanrelationship not inferred solely from shared name.
Printed858,La Mejba and footnote4
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Tunisian piastre principal unit replaced by franc under the1891reform. No universal ratio supplied by inspected source.
Protectorate section first paragraph
Contemporary original report La Tunisie confirms article 1 in search-indexed text but full PDF download repeatedly failed502, so it is not counted as inspected evidence.
Principal unit replaced by franc reckoning. This does not prove every old coin or legacy private claim disappeared immediately.
Protectorate section first paragraph
Contemporary original report La Tunisie confirms article 1 in search-indexed text but full PDF download repeatedly failed502, so it is not counted as inspected evidence.