Morocco AH 1314-Be 5 dirhams
This specimen was lot 57346 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "MOROCCO. 5 Dirhams, AH 1314 (1896). Berlin Mint. Abd al-Aziz. PCGS MS-65." The ruler Abdul al-Aziz succeeded his father Hassan I in AH 1311. He continued having coins struck in Paris, and added issues struck in London and Berlin. The denominations were mazunas and dirhams, with one dirham = 50 mazunas. The 'crown' denomination was one rial, which was equal to 10 dirhams. During this time, the ruler was honored on the coins not directly by name, but by a word or expression that alluded to him. This denomination was struck at Berlin AH 1314-1318 and at Paris AH 1299, 1309-1314. The Berlin mint product is not common but much more available than the Paris issue of this date.
Recorded mintage: 170,000 including KM Y7, struck at Paris.
Specification: 14.55 g, 0.835 fine silver, 32.7 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Y12.2; Lec-164.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
- Sanchez-Giron, J.M., Monedas de Marruecos, Ceuta, Spain: J.M. Sanchez-Giron, 1972.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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