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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3146436, member: 19165"]That is a good point, GD. However, I have spent a lot of time studying the coinage of Morocco. I have searched auction records, and I've seen 2 other examples of this date. Krause usually has at least some mintage data - but in this case it doesn't. If there has been a couple of sales in the last few decades, Krause will extrapolate a value - but in this case it doesn't. I put a lot of research into it before I bought it, and came up with a whole lotta not much. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would expect a specialist book such as yours to have a much better idea of the facts. However, I'm not sure what the most accurate reference is for this series. I have a couple of specialist references for more modern Moroccan pieces, but this area seems to be rather under-written.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm familiar with the US coin collectors perspective of "rare" - 1909S VDB, 1916D, 1955 DDO...... those aren't rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, however, it seems like the coin is actually rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3146436, member: 19165"]That is a good point, GD. However, I have spent a lot of time studying the coinage of Morocco. I have searched auction records, and I've seen 2 other examples of this date. Krause usually has at least some mintage data - but in this case it doesn't. If there has been a couple of sales in the last few decades, Krause will extrapolate a value - but in this case it doesn't. I put a lot of research into it before I bought it, and came up with a whole lotta not much. I would expect a specialist book such as yours to have a much better idea of the facts. However, I'm not sure what the most accurate reference is for this series. I have a couple of specialist references for more modern Moroccan pieces, but this area seems to be rather under-written. I'm familiar with the US coin collectors perspective of "rare" - 1909S VDB, 1916D, 1955 DDO...... those aren't rare. In this case, however, it seems like the coin is actually rare.[/QUOTE]
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