10 Dirhams

Pick 57 spans fifteen years and two signature combinations, reflecting the administrative turnover at Banque du Maroc during a period when Hassan II was consolidating state control over financial institutions. The earlier pairing includes Prince Moulay Hassan Ben Medhdi El Alaovi as a signatory — a member of the Alaoui royal family serving in a banking capacity, which was not unusual for Moroccan institutional appointments of that period but gives the earlier issues a distinct political character.

Thomas De La Rue handled the full run from London. The extended print span without a redesign was deliberate cost management — Morocco kept the plate in service rather than commissioning a new issue at each administrative change.