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2 Falus - Sidi Mohammed IV 2nd Standard, Marrakesh
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1864-1871 |
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| Weight | 5.77 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Seal of Solomon (six-pointed star), a traditional Islamic geometric motif, rendered in low relief within a plain inner circle. The design is surrounded by a beaded or rope border running along the coin's periphery. The overall execution is characteristic of Moroccan cast bronze coinage, with an irregular flan and slightly uneven strike typical of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sidi Mohammed IV's bronze falus coinage was produced at a moment when Morocco was absorbing the financial shock of the 1860 Treaty of Tetouan, which imposed a crippling 20-million-peseta indemnity on the Makhzen following the Spanish-Moroccan War. The treasury's strain pushed coinage production into inconsistency — Marrakesh struck these pieces with notoriously variable flan preparation, and many survivors show uneven surfaces that predate striking rather than reflecting wear.
The C#163a.3 designation isolates a die variant within a wider family of similar issues across this reign, distinguishing Marrakesh output from the Fez and Rabat mints.