Morocco 2008 250 dirhams Y-127

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1319

This specimen was lot 1319 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MOROCCO: Mohammed VI, 1999-, AR 250 dirhams, 2008/AH1429, 9th Anniversary of Mohammed VI's Reign, a few light abrasions, mintage of only 1,000 pieces, Proof, R, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection." Other 250 dirhams struck in 2003 include Y-128 and Y-133.

Recorded mintage: 1,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.925 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM Y127.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[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 1424/2003 250 dirhams, birth of Crown Prince Moulay Al Hassan
• AH 1430/2009 250 dirhams, 50th anniversary of the Bank al Maghrib
• Coins and currency dated 2008