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chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 12:41 pm I believe these two coins are from Morocco, but need help with further identification ... thanks! First coin appears to be 23mm Second coin appears to be 20mm Edited by Sap 02/12/2009 06:59 am Report this Post to the Staff

Smileycorpse New Member United Kingdom 17 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 1:08 pm I dont know much about coins myself but the world coin gallery has the second one there :) y#166 4 Falus (AH1283-1290) i think its a 4 Falus dont have a clue what year (1287) isn't the year it was from thats the islamic calender.Theres alot more people here that know about this stuff. :). Edited by Smileycorpse 02/04/2009 1:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 1:55 pm I did see those, but looking at my Krause catelogue my coins seemed smaller than a 4 falus. I was thinking, perhaps, a 1 and 2 falus in terms of size, but then I don't see any designs/writing that are close Report this Post to the Staff
Smileycorpse New Member United Kingdom 17 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 3:39 pm Someone more Knowledgeabe will come I'm sure :),they do look pretty identical,but as you say it could be a totally different coin down to the size of them xD. Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 3:49 pm I agree they are from Morocco. The size of the coins in mm would go a long way in identifying them. Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/04/2009 5:16 pm 23mm for the first one and 20mm for the second (the measurements are hidden amongst the pics!) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 02/05/2009 03:11 am Coin #1 looks like a Marrakesh mint 2 falus, sated 127?, listed in Krause as KM/C# 126b.3. The last date is illegible, but according to Krause (if I've got the ID right) the options are 1274, 1275 and 1276. Coin #2 looks like a Fes mint 2 falus dated 1287, listed in Krause as KM/C# 163a.2. North Africa (most notably Morocco) is peculiar in that it uses the Islamic Hejira calendar, but writes the numbers of the date in "western" numerals. AH 1287 occurred mostly during 1870 AD. 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
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/05/2009 09:33 am Thanks everyone. Sap, those were the best I could come up with too, but not being familiar with such items the difference in the writing was throwing me off. Again, thanks very much Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2875 Posts	Posted 02/05/2009 1:22 pm Strictly speaking they are not from Morocco but issued under the "Alawi (Fileyli) Sharifs" My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
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