Falus

{{Short description|Former currency of Morocco}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} [[File:Moroccan 4 Falus Coin (AH 1290).jpg|thumb|250px|A 4 falus coin of 1873, with the diameter of 28mm, minted at [[Fes]] by [[Mohammed IV of Morocco|Mohammed IV]] (1802–1873) Sultan of Morocco]] [[File:Molde para feluse Marruecos 1871-1872.JPG|thumb|250px|Mold for Faluses ({{circa|1871}}) at the [[Prehistory Museum of Valencia]]]] {{History of Morocco}} The '''falus''' was a bronze/copper currency of [[Morocco]].

Minted between 1672–1901, denominations of {{frac|1|4}}, {{frac|1|2}}, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 falus are recorded in the [[Standard Catalog of World Coins|Standard Catalogue]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Morocco |url=http://www.numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=PriceGuideInfoCountry&PriceGuideId=449&ad=449&CountryId=225 |publisher=NumisMaster.com |access-date=12 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211043418/http://numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=PriceGuideInfoCountry&PriceGuideId=449&ad=449&CountryId=225 |archive-date=11 February 2010 |df= }}</ref>

==Identification== They are typically denominated by size rather than by inscription, and can be difficult to identify precisely.{{or?|date=July 2022}}

==Depreciation== From 1862, the falus was allowed to float, while the exchange rate for the silver [[Moroccan dirham|dirham]] was fixed: this resulted in currency speculation and depreciation, with effectively two parallel currencies.<ref>{{cite book |title=Morocco since 1830: A History |last=Pennell|first=C.R. |year=2001 |publisher= New York University Press |location= New York|isbn= 0-8147-6677-3 |pages=79–80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtBazz0I7uYC&q=morocco+coin+silver+depeciation+speculation&pg=PA80}}</ref>

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==See also== {{Portal|Money}} * [[Fils (currency)]]

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