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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 11749014, member: 59737&quot;]This French site also shows them as residing first in Meknes, then in Fez. <a href="https://www.collectiondemonnaie.net/necessites/colonies/f/fez/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.collectiondemonnaie.net/necessites/colonies/f/fez/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.collectiondemonnaie.net/necessites/colonies/f/fez/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A German site mentions this book: Monnaies de nécessité françaises by Roland Élie (Victor Gadoury). </p><p><a href="http://www.numismatik-cafe.at/viewtopic.php?f=22&amp;t=4104" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismatik-cafe.at/viewtopic.php?f=22&amp;t=4104" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismatik-cafe.at/viewtopic.php?f=22&amp;t=4104</a></p><p>The book also seems to say the following: “Le siége social de cette enterprise état située à Meknès plus à Fez“. Supporting that both cities were their locations. </p><p><br /></p><p>The French Wikipedia suggests that Meknes was established much later than Fez, so I’d be inclined to think this was minted in Fez. <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_de_Mekn%C3%A8s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_de_Mekn%C3%A8s" rel="nofollow">https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_de_Meknès</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, an interesting read on the 1912 Fez riots: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Fez_riots" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Fez_riots" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Fez_riots</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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