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Mithqal - Sidi Mohammed III Rabat al-Fath, round type
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1777 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a multi-line Arabic mint legend in bold relief, arranged in horizontal registers within a raised linear inner border. The inscription records the mint of issue as Rabat al-Fath (the Victorious Rabat), following the standard formulaic coinage legend of Sultan Sidi Mohammed III. A prominent toothed or dentilated border encircles the entire design, mirroring the obverse treatment. The flan edges are irregular and slightly ragged, typical of the thick cast planchets used for Moroccan mithqal coinage of this era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sidi Mohammed III — properly Mohammed ben Abdallah — rebuilt Rabat's mint infrastructure after decades of neglect, and the round mithqal type issued from Rabat al-Fath reflects his deliberate effort to standardize Moroccan coinage following the monetary chaos of the mid-18th century. He was also the sultan who concluded the 1787 Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, the oldest unbroken such treaty the United States maintains with any foreign power.
KM#43 is among the heavier silver issues of the series. The Rabat al-Fath mint attribution distinguishes it from near-contemporary issues struck at Meknes and Marrakesh under the same reign.