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Falus - Sidi Mohammed IV 2nd Standard, without mint name
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1865-1871 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a boldly struck Arabic inscription in crudely rendered characters filling the field, presenting the Hijri date in two or three lines depending on the die variety. The lettering is deeply impressed into the irregular flan, consistent with the hammered production technique. A small pellet or ornament appears above the inscription on certain die varieties. The field is otherwise plain, with no mint name present, as is characteristic of this emission. |
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| Reverse lettering | ١٢٨١ ١٢٨٣ ١٢٨٨ |
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Sidi Mohammed IV's second falus standard emerged from a period of sustained fiscal pressure on the Moroccan treasury — the aftermath of the 1860 war with Spain had saddled the sultanate with a crippling 20-million-peso indemnity, forcing radical adjustments to coinage policy throughout the decade. The omission of the mint name on this type is not an oversight; Moroccan bronze coinage of this period was struck at multiple facilities under inconsistent supervision, and attribution remains contested among specialists.