Moulay al-Hasan I Proof 10 Dirhams AH 1299 (1881/1882) PR67 PCGS, Paris mint, KM-Y8, Lec-187a. Mintage: 5. An extraordinary rarity and the first modern Crown of Morocco, with Lecompte suggesting that a mere 5 examples were struck in Proof. Unrecorded by either Guilloteau or Gadoury in this finish, we have been able to locate just one other specimen having come to auction in recent decades, which brought over $13,000 in 2013, and was not nearly as well-toned as the present coin. Cascading lapis lazuli tones paint the outer registers, bleeding into notes of peach and blush as it approaches the center of the obverse, whereas the center of the reverse presents more of a sleek argent color. At present, the single finest of only 3 pieces in the PCGS census, and likely among the rarest milled issues of the Alawi Sharifs. Ex. Numismatica Genevensis Auction 5 (December 2008, Lot 938)

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