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1953 Morocco, Essai 200 Francs

I have been on the look out for a nice "special" example of the design used on Moroccan coins across several years. Zohar brought this one to my attention from a dealer in Paris, France who I have dealt with before several time. I pulled the trigger!

1953 Morocco, Essai 200 Francs (mintage 1,100)


Interestingly, there are 4 of these graded SP68 by PCGS, and they have consecutive serial numbers. Two have been sold already by the dealer in Paris, and I presume he is the dealer who submitted all four of them for grading. I'm sure it's a bit of bias in my opinion, but I think I got the nicest of the bunch with attractive toning on both the obverse and reverse. Note, the toning in hand is more "golden" and less red-shifted than the PCGS slab photos, but I'm definitely happy with this as the example of this design in my collection.




-Brandon
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Comments

  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I Like em

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  • StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 23, 2017 8:42AM

    Love those Moroccan coins! The French Territory coins are pretty neat.


  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,301 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a beauty!

    I have also recently taken a liking to coins of the Islamic world. I haven't yet pulled the trigger on any though.

  • ADGADG Posts: 423 ✭✭✭

    Beautiful. Yes, Morocco coins are incredible. A recent purchase - a much more modest Essai than yours however. :'(

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