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50 Centimes - Yusuf Piedfort Essai, 5g Cu-Ni
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Weight | 4.96 g |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a rotated square cartouche enclosing the denomination '50' in large Arabic numerals, with 'CEN- TIMES' inscribed in two lines to the right in Latin script. Above the numeral, Arabic script reading 'نصف قطعة' (half piece) appears within the upper portion of the cartouche, while Arabic script reading 'خمسين' (fifty) appears below. The word 'ESSAI' is incused in small Latin capitals at the base of the central cartouche. The surrounding border is filled with stylized Islamic arabesques and scrollwork consistent with the obverse, contained within the twelve-sided flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | نصف قطعة / 50 CEN- TIMES / خمسين / ESSAI |
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Piéforts are struck at double or greater thickness specifically for official presentation and archival purposes — never for circulation. The 1925 Moroccan issue came during the early years of the French Protectorate, when Paris was actively standardizing the coinage of its North African territories. This particular piéfort essai represents part of that approval process, produced at Paris so that monetary authorities could evaluate the design and alloy before authorizing a production run.
The KM#PED1 designation confirms no regular-strike equivalent was produced in copper-nickel at this specification.