Fals
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[[Image:Umayyads_-_fals_of_Damascus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A fals minted in Damascus between 696 and 750.]]The '''fals''' (plural ''fulus'') was a copper [[coin]] produced by the [[Umayyads|Umayyad]] [[caliphate]] (661-750) and the [[Abbasid]] [[caliphate]] (750-1258) beginning in the late [[7th century]]. The name is a corruption of ''[[follis]]'', a [[Roman coinage|Roman]] and later [[Byzantine coinage|Byzantine]] copper coin. The fals usually featured ornate [[Arabic script]] on both sides. Various copper fals were produced until the 19th century.
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