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2 Falus - Sidi Mohammed IV 1st Standard, without Mint
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1861-1862 |
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| Currency | Hammered/Cast Coinage (1659-1882) |
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| Obverse description | Arabic inscription in the field arranged in two lines, separated by a horizontal bar, bearing the AH date 1277. The legends are executed in relief in a characteristic Maghrebi calligraphic style. The flan is irregular in outline, consistent with cast production, and the surfaces display the rough texture typical of Moroccan falus coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٢٧٧ |
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Sidi Mohammed IV came to the Moroccan throne in 1859 inheriting a treasury hollowed out by the indemnity payments forced on Morocco after the Tetouan War with Spain — a conflict that lasted barely four months but cost the sultanate 100 million pesetas it did not have. Bronze fractional coinage of this period was struck under considerable fiscal pressure, with minting operations distributed and inconsistent enough that pieces without an identifiable mint attribution were simply the norm rather than the exception.