Catalog
100 Dirhams
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King Mohammed VI at right, set against an underprint of intricate guilloche patterns and architectural vignettes inspired by traditional Moroccan portal ornamentation. The Coat of Arms of Morocco appears to the upper left, flanked by a stylized arcade motif drawn from the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. Arabic inscriptions naming the issuing bank and denomination are arranged across the upper and lower registers. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a stylized panoramic view of Mechouar Square in Laayoune alongside the Tiznit–Dakhla expressway, illustrating Morocco's southern infrastructure and urban heritage. A secondary vignette references the Tan-Tan Moussem, the traditional nomadic gathering recognized on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, rendered in warm ochre and earth tones consistent with the desert landscape. Geometric guilloche borders frame the composition on all sides. |
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Pick 81 represents Bank Al-Maghrib's in-house production capability — Dar As-Sikkah, the Moroccan mint and security printing facility in Rabat, has handled the kingdom's note production since the late 1980s, one of the earlier instances of a North African central bank achieving full domestic printing independence for its primary denominations.
The 2023 date places this within the latest redesign cycle. Color-shifting ink on Moroccan issues has been upgraded progressively across recent series, with the 100 Dirham note typically serving as the testbed denomination for new security feature rollouts before they migrate down to lower values.