Morocco AH 1317-Pa 2-1/2 dirhams
This specimen was lot 36383 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "MOROCCO. 2-1/2 Dirhams, AH 1317-PA (1899/1900). Paris Mint. Abd al-Aziz ben al-Hasan I. NGC MS-63." 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 ten 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 type was struck in Paris AH 1314-1318 and this is a better date.
Recorded mintage: 451,000.
Specification: 7.27 g, 0.835 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM Y11.2.
- 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, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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