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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 1700752, member: 28550&quot;]Thanks! The coin is 27mm in diameter - how do you tell it apart from the 4 piastre?</p><p><a href="http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Tunisia_ND_c/m_on_AH_1292_4_piastres" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Tunisia_ND_c/m_on_AH_1292_4_piastres" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Tunisia_ND_c/m_on_AH_1292_4_piastres</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder why the counterstrike was used. Was there a tax placed on circulating coins or something like that? </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, what would you grade this piece? I&#039;m still learning about how to grade counterstruck coins - do you primarily grade the counterstrike or the host coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I found an unrelated article on the smaller Tunisian &quot;dime sized&quot; coins that was very interesting reading: <a href="http://www.dewardt.net/dimebook/Tunisia.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dewardt.net/dimebook/Tunisia.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.dewardt.net/dimebook/Tunisia.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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