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1000 Dirhams - Hassan II Hassan II Birthday
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 1994-1999 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | الحسن الثاني المملكة المغربية (Translation: Hassan II Kingdom of Morocco) |
| Reverse description | Central display of the Moroccan royal coat of arms featuring a crowned shield bearing a green pentacle star on a red field, supported by two rampant lions flanking the shield. A ribbon beneath the shield carries an inscription. Arabic legends appear in the upper field and along the lower portion, with the denomination and Hijri and Gregorian dates flanking the central arms. A beaded border frames the entire composition. |
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Hassan II commissioned this high-denomination gold issue to commemorate his own birthday — a practice with clear precedent in Moroccan royal numismatics but one that nonetheless drew quiet criticism from economists given the country's IMF structural adjustment program running concurrently through the 1990s. The coins were struck in limited quantities and were never intended for general circulation, functioning instead as state gifts and collector pieces distributed through official channels.
Fr#8 in the Friedberg gold reference places it firmly in the modern Moroccan commemorative sequence that began with Mohammed V issues in the late 1950s.