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Reverse of 1331 / 1912 Moroccan 1 Ryal - 10 Dirhams
Moroccan 1 Ryal or 10 Dirhams of Sharif Al Hafiz 1331 / 1912

Morocco Index

Reverse of 1370 / 1949 Moroccan 5 Francs
Moroccan 5 Francs French Protectorate 1370 / 1949

Moroccan 5 Dirhams of King Mohammed V 1384 / 1965
Moroccan Silver 5 Dirhams of King Mohammed V 1384 / 1965

Brief Notes on Morocco
Morocco has been invaded and occupied by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Visigoths, Byzantine Greeks, and Islamic Arabs since about 1200 B.C. Modern Morocco is the remnant of the Moors who occupied the region from the 7th century. Under French and Spanish control from the 19th century, Morocco became independent in 1956.

Moroccan Coins
Coins from Morocco and other mainly muslim or arab countries are often ignored by most collectors for a number of reasons. The first is that the inscriptions are often unintelligible to westerners making them difficult to identify and catalogue. Another reason is that most muslim coins don't bear portraits or images of other living things, and appear to be a mess of indecipherable squiggles. Despite this, many islamic coins are very attractive. Many Moroccan coins are not too difficult to identify, and carry attractive patterns.

Denominations
Modern machine-made coins were only introduced in Morocco in 1882. Before this, most coins were crudely cast bronze coins in "Falus" denominations, or hammered silver Dirhams and gold Benuqis. Fortunately the bronze falus coins are circular and not the shape suggested by their name. Even so, we hestitate to think of the effct of translating the expression "show us the money" into Moroccan. The weights of all denominations were variable, and there were no fixed exchange rates between gold silver and bronze coins. After you had finished haggling about the price, you could spend more happy hours haggling about the exchange rate.

Inscriptions
In the French Protectorate period, typical inscriptions are:- MAROC
EMPIRE CHERIFIEN
or
EMPIRE MAROC CHERIFIEN

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