Morocco AH 1321-Ln 1/2 dirham

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57737

This specimen was lot 57737 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MOROCCO. 1/20 Rial (1/2 Dirham), AH 1321 (1903). London Mint. Abd al-Aziz. PCGS AU-58." This type was struck AH 1320-21 at London (shown here) and Paris. The mintmark is under the date.

Recorded mintage: 2,105,000.

Specification: 1.25 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-Y18.1; Lec-113.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Sanchez-Giron, J.M., Monedas de Marruecos, Ceuta, Spain: J.M. Sanchez-Giron, 1972.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• AH 1320 ½ dirham, London mint
• AH 1320 ½ dirham, Paris mint
• AH 1321 5 mazunas, Berlin mint
• AH 1321 5 mazunas, Paris mint
• AH 1321 5 mazunas, Birmingham mint
• AH 1321 10 mazunas, Berlin mint
• AH 1321 dirham, London mint
• Morocco AH 1321-Be 1/4 rial
• AH 1321 rial, Paris mint
• Coins and currency dated 1903