Two short Hejira Date Series.

      My father, who was stationed in  Iran & Iraq during World War II brought
back a number of Iranian 5 rials. He taught me  about "Arabic" Arabic numerals
from reading the dates on these coins.

    I looked through the Krause catalog for series that seemed interesting, but reasonable to complete.  The "AH" date conferred sufficient "interest".

    The 10 Dirhams of  Morocco looked reasonable to complete.
A single date catalogued much over $100 in  BU (1313).

   It took about 2 or 3 years to assemble this set in high grade around
1980. Most of these remain affordable.

1299 Y 8 BU	1313 Y 13 XF
1320 Y 22 BU	1321 Y 22 BU	1329 Y 25 BU
1331 Y33 BU	1336 Y33 BU	1376 Y 54 (not part pf this series - but a nice coin)

    It took me 25 years to complete the Yemen Imadi / Ahmadi series.

   About 65-85% of Ahmadi Rials are dated 1373. These are frequently misidentified as "1367" - the ascension year which appears prominantly on all of Y-17 . The second loop of the "3" is frequently so weak that the coin  is identified as "1372". In my experience, a strong full "3" is far more scarce than a "3" that looks like "2".

  Over the years, I must have returned half a dozen misidentified coins before I finally purchased a "real" 1367 in 2005.
 
    These coins are invariably graded as "crude XF". On close inspection, I have yet to find any coin in this series with clear evidence of circulation.   I conclude  that thesecoins  were NOT struck for circulation.

    If anyone has any information on why these were struck, and whether they circulated, I would appreciate hearing from you. C0ntact - em@il me.

1344 Imadi Rial Y 7	1367 Imadi Rial Y 17	1370 Imadi Rial Y 17
1371 Imadi Rial Y 17	1373 Imadi Rial Y 17   (Weak "3rd loop of "3") Occasionally misidentified as 1372 or 1373/2	1373 Imadi Rial Y 17  Strong "3"
1374 Imadi Rial Y 17	1375 Imadi Rial Y 17	1377 Imadi Rial Y 17
1378 Imadi Rial Y 17	1380 Imadi Rial Y 17	1382 Imadi Rial Y 31