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2 Falus - Sidi Mohammed IV 1st Standard, Fes
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1861-1863 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Arabic inscription in two lines across the field, divided by a horizontal bar, conveying the mint name and Hijri date. The lettering is crudely executed in the manner typical of cast Moroccan falus coinage, with the text reading the name of the Fes mint and the regnal year. The fields are rough and show the characteristic surface texture of cast bronze production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sidi Mohammed IV came to the Alaoui throne in 1859, the year Morocco signed the Treaty of Tetuan ending a disastrous war with Spain — a conflict that left the treasury depleted and forced an indemnity payment of 20 million duros. Bronze fulus coinage of this reign was struck at Fes under considerable fiscal pressure, and the early 1860s issues reflect an administration scrambling to maintain a functioning petty currency while hemorrhaging silver reserves to Spanish creditors.
The Fes mint designation on this type distinguishes it from contemporary Marrakesh strikes catalogued separately under C#163.1.