Evidence coverage: 1891–1958. 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.
Dated changes of monetary basis; founding ancestry remains above.
Tunisia adopted the French franc unit in the implemented 1891 reform while replacing local piastre accounting.
1891 · unit adoption event
French franc unit adopted; no universal cash-conversion ratio asserted.
Officially reported unit substitution and franc-denominated issues.
The piastre remains the local succession parent. No continuing peg duration is inferred.
Unit adoption is a historical event; no continuing peg is inferred. Excluded from ancestry, sibling relationships and depth.
Evidence and relationship details Register entry →Frenchfranc was adopted as Tunisia’s monetaryreference in1891,while the actual localreplacement was Tunisianpiastre→Tunisianfranc. KeepFrenchconnection as context for account-system adoption,not a second replacementparent. The localpiastreparent supplies directsuccession; Frenchmodeladoption alone doesnot prove a separateflow ofFrench-unit debts intoTunisianunit. Excludefromancestryreachmetrics.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
Tunisia replaced its piastre system with the French franc unit in 1891. The Tunisian piastre is a separate local predecessor still to trace.
C981Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Tunisia introduces the dinar.
Tunisia, PDF p.247
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Tunisia replaced its piastre system with the French franc unit in 1891. The Tunisian piastre is a separate local predecessor still to trace.
Monnayage du Royaume de Tunisie sous le protectorat français, 1891 reform
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.
Frenchfranc was adopted as Tunisia’s monetaryreference in 1891,while the actual localreplacement was Tunisianpiastre→Tunisianfranc. KeepFrenchconnection as context for account-system adoption,not a second replacementparent.
Monnayage du Royaume de Tunisie sous le protectorat français, first paragraph (web lines241–247); preceding Husaynid section228–235
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.
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.
Tunisia adopted the French franc unit in the implemented 1891 reform while replacing local piastre accounting.
Monnayage du Royaume de Tunisie sous le protectorat français, paragraphs 1–6 (web lines 241–247)
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.