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5 Mazunas - Abd al-Aziz Birmingham Mint
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1903 |
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| Value | 5 Mazunas (1⁄100 MAH) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the numeral '5' at the top, followed by the Arabic legend denoting the mint name 'Birmingham' (بيرمنكهام) in two lines below, all enclosed within a plain inner circle. The surround features the same characteristic Moorish interlocking geometric key-pattern border as the obverse, framed by an outer beaded rim. |
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Abd al-Aziz was the Alaoui sultan whose reign coincided with Morocco's final decades of independence before the 1912 protectorate. The Birmingham Mint — operated by Ralph Heaton & Sons — won contracts across the colonial and semi-colonial world during this period, and Moroccan bronze coinage was among its more substantial commissions. These mazuna issues were struck in England rather than at any Moroccan facility, a commercial arrangement that quietly signaled how thoroughly foreign industrial capacity had displaced local monetary production.