The Poe Collection of Moroccan Coinage

Owner Comments:

By 1905, there were two major sets of treaties which governed European and colonial affairs. The first was called the Triple Alliance – an agreement between Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy. The second was the Triple Entente, between Britain, France, and Russia (although relations between France and Russia had been strained by the Russo-Japanese war, and the fact that France had not aided Russia. If they had, the Great War may have begun in 1904….) These major alliances were supported by a host of other treaties and agreements between the major powers, as well as with many smaller powers. Since Germany was allied against France, they definitely had no interest in seeing the Entente grow in influence. These systems of alliances was one of the major contributors to the Great War – and the events in Morocco in 1905 helped push them there.

Beautifully well made, lustrous, and quite a bit of cherry red copper surfaces. What more could you possible want from this coin? I personally feel this coin is a bit undergraded and should actually be a 64.