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Reference: KM-33. Mint Place: Paris (France) Mint Date: 1912 (AH 1331) Condition: A small edge cut or hit at 11 o'clock, otherwise a nice lustre AU+ Denomination: 1 Rial (10 Dirhams) Material: Silver (.900) Weight: 24.82gm Diameter: 37mm

Morocco has a very important strategic location, as a gateway to western Europe. This has resulted in the nation being attacked and subjugated by many invaders from the Phoenicians and Romans to the more modern French and Spanish. At the time of the mintage of this coin, Morocco was under French control. Of interest, is the fact that Morocco was the first nation to recognize the sovereignity of the United States in 1777.

Sultan Yusef ben Hassan (1882 – November 17, 1927) ruled Morocco from 1912 until his death in 1927. Born in the city of Meknes to Sultan Hassan I and a Circasian mother, he inherited the throne from his brother, Sultan Abdelhafid, who abdicated after the Treaty of Fez (1912), which made Morocco a French protectorate. He was a member of the Alaouite Dynasty.

Yusef's reign was turbulent and marked with frequent uprisings against Spain and France. The most serious of these was a Berber uprising in the Rif Mountains, led by Abd el-Krim. Though this originally began in the Spanish-controlled area in the north of the country, it reached the French-controlled area until a coalition of France and Spain finally defeated the rebels in 1925. To ensure his own safety, Yusef moved the court from Fez to Rabat, which has served as the capital of the country ever since.

Yusef's reign came to an abrupt end when he died suddenly of uremia in 1927. He was succeeded by his son Muhammad.

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