Morocco 1985 100 dirhams Y-77

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1308

This specimen was lot 1308 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $108. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MOROCCO: al-Hassan II, 1962-1999, AR 100 dirhams, 1985/AH1405, 6th Panarab Sports Games-Olympics, mintage of only 2,300 pieces, prooflike, Choice Unc, S, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection." The first Panarab games were held in Morocco in 1961.

Recorded mintage: 2,300 plus 300 proofs.

Specification: 15 g, 0.925 fine silver, 31.3 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM Y77.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1403/1983 500 dirhams, king's birthday
• AH 1406/1985 100 dirhams, 10th Anniversary of the Green March
• AH 1405/1985 100 dirhams, UN International Year of Youth
• AH 1406/1986 100 dirhams, 25th year of king Hassan's reign
• AH 1406/1986 100 dirhams, papal visit
• Coins and currency dated 1985