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Falus - Moulay al-Hasan I
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1889-1893 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field enclosed within a raised linear circle displays the Arabic mint inscription 'ضرب بفاس' (Struck in Fez) in bold, sweeping Maghrebi calligraphic script. The surrounding border mirrors the obverse with a continuous arabesque band of intertwined floral scrollwork, stylised blossoms, and foliate ornaments, consistent with the decorative vocabulary of Alaoui Sharifian bronze coinage struck at the Fez mint under Sultan Moulay al-Hasan I. |
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Moulay al-Hasan I spent much of his reign on campaign, leading exhausting mehallas through the Moroccan interior to reassert makhzen authority over tribes that had grown accustomed to ignoring the sultan's tax collectors. The bronze falus issues of his final years were struck at a moment when the treasury was under serious strain — European financial pressure and the costs of maintaining a standing military force were quietly hollowing out the fiscal foundations that his son Abd al-Aziz would inherit and fail to manage.