Morocco 1988 200 dirhams

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1313

This specimen was lot 1313 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MOROCCO: al-Hassan II, 1962-1999, AR 200 dirhams, 1988/AH1408, African Cup Soccer Games, a few tiny spots, hairlined, prooflike, UNC, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection." This NCLT continues the 15 g module used previously on the 100 dirhams such as Y-86. Wikipedia comments, "The Confederation of African Football (CAF) (in French Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for association football...in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957...in Khartoum, Sudan by the national football associations of Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: KM Y97, Schön-97.

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 1406/1986 100 dirhams, 25th year of king Hassan's reign
• AH 1406/1986 100 dirhams, papal visit
• AH 1407/1987 100 dirhams, opening of the Rabat mint
• AH 1414/1993 200 dirhams, 40th Anniversary of the revolution
• Coins and currency dated 1988