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Message:: [QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 4427271, member: 19165"]Funny enough.... I was doing some research for a recent purchase, and this thread popped up in my Google search. I decided to go back and research a little heavier, since I have some free time. I also have bought the authoritative text on Moroccan coinage since the last reply, "Corpus des Monnais Alawaites." I now believe this coin is, in fact, Moroccan. However, it's much older than I thought. I believe it to be a 1/2 falus coin from the reign of Sulayman II. He reigned from 1792-1822 AD. *Most* of his coins have a mint name and a date. However, there's a catch-all listing in Krause, KM#91, which just states "Seal of Solomon" for obverse and reverse. The new reference I have goes into far greater detail, describing each of the varieties. Obviously, still no mint or date on your coin, so we can't narrow it down any further. And, it is *far* more common to just have a dot in the center of the star. However, there are several variants with a star, a flower, or some sort of other small design in the center of the seal of Solomon. Initially, the weight and size you listed threw me off as well. However, the new reference I have states that the half falus could be up to about 2 grams and 20 mm. So, [USER=59737]@Seattlite86[/USER] , I feel fairly confident in saying you have a 1/2 falus from 1792-1822. Value.... $5?[/QUOTE]