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2 Mazunas - Yusuf
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the mint name and Hijri date 1330 inscribed in Arabic script within a doubled tri-lobe star, formed by three interlocking pointed arches creating a trefoil-shaped central panel. The star motif is further enclosed within a larger six-pointed geometric framework, with small decorative foliate elements at each intersection point. The overall composition is strictly ornamental and epigraphic, with no figural imagery, in keeping with Islamic numismatic tradition. |
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| Reverse description | A large double-outlined five-pointed star (pentagram), the seal of Solomon, dominates the entire reverse field, with each arm extending nearly to the inner border circle. Within the central pentagon formed by the star's intersecting lines, the denomination is inscribed in Arabic script in two lines. The field surrounding the star is plain, and the design is enclosed by a raised rim. The composition is bold and heraldic, reflecting the Sharifian emblem central to Moroccan coinage of this period. |
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The 1912 mazunas issues fall in the final months before the Treaty of Fez transformed Morocco into a French protectorate in March of that year, effectively ending Alaoui monetary independence. Yusuf became sultan only after his brother Abd al-Hafid — who had signed that treaty — abdicated under French pressure in August 1912, meaning coins struck in Yusuf's name postdate a political capitulation he had no hand in negotiating.