Catalog
20 Dirhams - Mohammed VI
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 20 Dirhams |
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| Reverse description | The Kasbah of the Udayas is rendered as the dominant vignette, set above the Bou Regreg River, with the minaret of Masjid al-Atiq mosque positioned at centre. Denomination numerals and issuer name appear in Arabic and French within the surrounding guilloche border. |
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| Protection description | Portrait of King Mohammed VI and denomination numeral |
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The 2005 20 Dirham issue marked a shift in Moroccan banknote design policy — the series moved deliberately toward a more contemporary visual idiom under Mohammed VI, distancing itself from the Hassan II-era aesthetic that had defined Moroccan currency for decades. Bank Al-Maghrib had been gradually modernizing its security specifications through the late 1990s, but this denomination kept its feature set relatively restrained, relying primarily on a watermark at a price point where sophisticated security was considered less critical.
Pick 68 is often found with handling wear along the horizontal fold — the 140 × 70 mm format encourages a single lengthwise fold in wallet storage, and the cotton substrate at this weight shows crease lines readily.