LawrenceChard collection
500 Dirhams One Ounce Rothschild First Banking Corporation Tangier. Issued for the Tangier International Zone, which existed from 1912 to Moroccan independence in 1956. Obverse naked, standing figure of Hercules, holding a robe over his left arm, and leaning on a club. Milled edge. This could be considered to be the 1st 1oz bullion coin, predating the Krugerrand by 13 years.
500 Dirhams One Ounce Rothschild First Banking Corporation Tangier. Issued for the Tangier International Zone, which existed from 1912 to Moroccan independence in 1956. Obverse naked, standing figure of Hercules, holding a robe over his left arm, and leaning on a club. Milled edge. This could be considered to be the 1st 1oz bullion coin, predating the Krugerrand by 13 years.
Africa
Morocco
1954