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Any Moroccan Falus Experts Out There?

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I've wanted an example of a Moroccan Falus for some time now and picked this one up earlier in the week. Ive ID as AH1230 - Rabat mint (happy to stand corrected, if I'm wrong)

In Krause, no values are given and is just listed as rare - does anyone know how scarce these are? My only source of information for this is KM, although I note there are specialized works for these issues.

Any help greatly appreciated.
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Not 1230, but 1270:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26546.html

I only have one example; one of my first coins as my grandfather bought it from a junk bin as a teenager in the early 1940s. I have seen a handful in mixed detector finds from Spanish eBayers- I had figured them not to be worth more than $10 unless in excellent condition.
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Nice one, Finn235. That clears that up, thank you for the clarification. I
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I have this 1271.

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An interesting detail I realized about these coins, which were very common at the time, is that they were melted in the form of a cluster and then they were cut or broken. For this reason they present those edges with a few tips cut out. It is illustrated in this image that I extracted from the book: "Modern copper coins of the Muhammadan states of Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Afghanistan, Morocco, Tripoli, Tunis, etc." by Valentine, W. H. (William H.)

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@cara, very nice addition to his thread!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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