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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 62163, member: 669"]Based on your description, you have a 19th Century coin, for which Aidan Work's attribution is completely correct. Specifically, it was minted of bronze during the reign of Sidi Mohammed IV, AH1276-1290 (1859-73). <ul> <li>If it is approximately 20mm, 2.9g, and has the date between two lines on the reverse,it is 1 Falus, cataloged at $3-40 depending on condition and mint</li> <li>If it is about 22mm, 7g, and has the date below some arabic writing on the reverse, with a design around the Seal of Suyalman, it is 2 Falus, cataloged in the same range</li> <li>if it is 27-29mm, 11.5g with a design similar to the 2 Falus, it is a 4 Falus (c#166), listed at $2-30 ; and</li> <li> if it seems to be a 4 falus, but only weighs about 6g, it is a contemporary forgery, of no value except to collectors of counterfeit coins.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Don't be led off the subject of <i>your</i> coin by our discussion of historical Moroccon designs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 62163, member: 669"]Based on your description, you have a 19th Century coin, for which Aidan Work's attribution is completely correct. Specifically, it was minted of bronze during the reign of Sidi Mohammed IV, AH1276-1290 (1859-73).[list]If it is approximately 20mm, 2.9g, and has the date between two lines on the reverse,it is 1 Falus, cataloged at $3-40 depending on condition and mint[*]If it is about 22mm, 7g, and has the date below some arabic writing on the reverse, with a design around the Seal of Suyalman, it is 2 Falus, cataloged in the same range[*]if it is 27-29mm, 11.5g with a design similar to the 2 Falus, it is a 4 Falus (c#166), listed at $2-30 ; and[*] if it seems to be a 4 falus, but only weighs about 6g, it is a contemporary forgery, of no value except to collectors of counterfeit coins.[/LIST] Don't be led off the subject of [i]your[/i] coin by our discussion of historical Moroccon designs. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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