Help With A 19th Century Morocco Falus

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snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 09:48 am It has no date and is very crude. My guess is 3 Falus but I can't figure out the corresponding Craig number to go along with it: Edited by Sap 07/28/2008 09:50 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 10:25 am There are some listed in Krause with star on one side, and star with dot in centre on the other, given as "issued 1792-1822". As I understand it, the denomination depends on diameter: ½ falus (KM 91) is 12-16mm, 1 falus (KM 94) is 17-22mm, 2 falus (KM 96.2) 20-23mm, 3 falus (KM 99.2) 24-27mm, and 4 falus (KM 103) 28-34mm. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 11:46 am Thanks for the feedback Sap! The maximum diameter of the coin is about 30mm, depending on how I measure it. The coin has the 6-pointed Seal of Solomon on both sides, one with a dot and the other without. In my Krause, KM 103 has a dot on both sides. The concentric circles on the Krause coin are also a lot further apart and have numerous lines connecting them. Do you think it is just a variation? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 02:20 am I'm pretty sure KM 103 covers any variety of Seal/Seal coin. I would assume these coins are in fact "mint errors", accidentally made from two obverse moulds. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 3:23 pm Thanks again Sap. I've been trying to catalog my entire collection and am down to just a few that I can't quite figure out. I suspected there was likely no uniformity with this series, but a second opinion is always nice. I never considered the possibility of this being an error though. Report this Post to the Staff
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