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Need Identification Of Moroccan Coins

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 Posted 06/24/2010  07:31 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Moroccancoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I am very happy to have been referred to this excellent site. For my research I need these coins to be identified. Could you please help me?

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 Posted 06/24/2010  08:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lewishaloboy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The 1299 one looks like a moroccan half dirham
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 Posted 06/24/2010  09:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fioti to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
First one looks like 1/10 real. The Moroccans sure knew how to crowd a coin, very busy.
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 Posted 06/25/2010  09:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's always helpful when posting coins to give sizes. Many Moroccan coins of different denomination have similar designs. It's also not immediately obvious if any of the pictures are intended to be the front and back of the same coins, though they appear to be inserted into some object. That being said, here's what you appear to have:

#1: Appears to be a 1/2 dirham dated 1318 (1900 AD).

#2: a multiple dirham of Sharif Moulay al-Hasan; the date will be on the other side and should be between 1299 and 1314. I honestly can't even tell whether it's a 2½ or 5 dirhams coin, since they both have this same obverse.

#3: a 1 dirham coin from the same period as #2; again, the date is on the other side.

#4: a 1 dirham coin from the same period as #1, except we can't see the date; it should be in the range 1314-1319.

#5: Could well be the other side of coin #3.

I should add that these coins were all struck in European mints and should have sharp details and reeded edges; the details on all these coins appear soft and distorted, and they don't seem to be perfectly round; they've either been in a fire or otherwise damaged and bent, or they're fakes. Check zeno.ru for examples of what these coins should look like.
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 Posted 06/25/2010  2:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moroccancoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many many thanks. I really appreciate your help. These are inserted into a metal container. There are two more I allow myself to post them here as well. many many thanks for bearing with me and helping me.

Unfortubately I cannot post the last two here :-( I have no idea why
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I found out the problem. May I ask you to help me with these two as well? Million thanks

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The top one is two and a half dirhams (1/4 rial), year 1309 (1892).
The bottom is 5 dirhams (1/2 rial), year 1336 (1917).
Both minted in Paris.
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 Posted 06/27/2010  5:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moroccancoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Many many thanks. I really appreciate it
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