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4 Rials - Moulay al-Hasan I Pattern
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Weight | 6.46 g |
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| Obverse lettering | الله |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to a monetary reform effort initiated under Moulay al-Hasan I as Morocco attempted to modernize its coinage system in response to sustained European commercial pressure. The 1880 Madrid Conference — which that same year codified foreign powers' extraterritorial rights in Morocco — created urgent incentive for the Makhzen to demonstrate fiscal credibility through standardized, Western-compatible coinage. Pattern issues from this period were struck in limited numbers, largely for evaluation and presentation purposes, and most never advanced to circulation.
Fr#5 is among the rarest of the Moroccan gold patterns from this reign.