Help Please Identifying Arabic Coins

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rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/01/2012 1:13 pm Hi. Please can anybody help to identify the following. I think the first 2 are 4 falus but I am confused by the dates 1?84 and 1850 ? The diameter are 28mm and weight 10g. I have no idea about the rectangular coin. 20x15mm and 9g. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

mass Valued Member Jordan 78 Posts	Posted 07/01/2012 7:05 pm #1 and #2 morocco coins you can find it here http://en.numista.com/catalogue/maroc-3.html Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/02/2012 03:04 am Hi. Thanks mass, I guessed they were falus but I was confused by the dates. 1?84 and 1850. I would have expected 1284 and 12?. Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 07/02/2012 05:19 am If you go to the very last reply on this post: https://goccf.com/t/122602 you will see the reason for these coins being dated in the European manner. Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/02/2012 05:43 am Thanks alganbagerap, understand why Western Numerals but do not understand why dated 1850 instead of 1266. Is it an error or specifically for western use ? Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 07/03/2012 10:09 am The answer is in Krause: "Underweight coins, with mint names of Fes or Marrakesh, or with illegible inscriptions and dates are contemporary forgeries, often with smaller diameters". In your case the size is right (27-29 mm), they are underweight but not too much (should be 11.5 g). On the first coin, mint name Fes is almost right, this coin could be real. On the second coin, mint name Marrakesh seems very strange to me, and the date is obviously wrong: I suspect this could be a contemporary fake. Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/03/2012 10:53 am Many thanks Bart thats very informative, have you any idea about the rectangular coin ? Report this Post to the Staff
Chris New Member Canada 23 Posts	Posted 07/03/2012 3:38 pm The third coin looks like Bundi (India) to me... Report this Post to the Staff
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 07/04/2012 03:15 am Thanks Chris - I see what you mean the "temple" picture does look similar to the 1 Paisa copper coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Chris New Member Canada 23 Posts	Posted 07/04/2012 1:13 pm I am not 100% sure, but I don't think it is a temple; I always thought is was a Katara (Dagger). Chris Report this Post to the Staff
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