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Barb46 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/08/2011 6:33 pm Can anyone identify this coin? Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

Sara Sheppard New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/08/2011 9:08 pm It looks like a pendant or charm to me. (Not an actual coin.) Of course, I have no idea what I'm talking about. It's absolutely beautiful though. Would love to own one. As for I.ding it. Wait for the guys here to respond, they really know their stuff. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 09/08/2011 9:26 pm I don't see a date; it looks like a cultural object or possibly souvenir. Everything about it looks N.African, specifically Moroccan--I just don't know the context/significance. Report this Post to the Staff
Rdwarrior Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 09/08/2011 9:58 pm The date is in the middle of the second pic, 1371AH, looks Moroccan? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 09/09/2011 03:06 am The Islamic date written in Western numerals, combined with the Moroccan pentagram, indicate it's certainly from Morocco. The piece is listed in the Krause "Unusual World Coins" book as an unofficial medallic sovereign, struck during the French Protectorate to commemorate the 25th anniversary of accession of the then-sultan (later King of Morocco) Mohammed V. Mintage 200. Since NGC has included the UWC book in their coin database, you can see the page for this "coin" here. The coins were struck to the same size and weight specifications as a British sovereign: 22k gold, nearly 8 grams weight, .2352 ounces gold weight. It will be worth at least the gold content (currently $439), probably more if that bezel has not harmed the coin too much. 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
Barb46 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/09/2011 2:24 pm Thank you so much! I have been researching this coin online and got the 2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins from the library and hadn't been able to identify it. Report this Post to the Staff
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