Moroccan coins
Rabat, Morocco
Numismatic Museum of the al-Maghreb Bank
About Ministry of Culture, Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Rabat
1800–1900
Metal
For a century (1800-1900), the ‘Alawid sultans struck coins in the workshops of Fez, but due to the economic crisis at the time, gold was unavailable so most coins were of silver, bronze or other common metals – although the technique remained the same, with the metal poured into moulds. The patterns on the face and on the back vary between the star with eight points (Solomon ring) and the indication of the place of mint.
"Moroccan coins" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;ma;38;en
MWNF Working Number: MO 038
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