20 Francs - Mohammed V Essai, with 'Essai'

French Protectorate Morocco produced essai strikes as official trial pieces submitted for governmental approval before a design entered circulation — or, in many cases, didn't. This particular issue never advanced to a circulating type under Mohammed V, who was only a child when it was struck; he had ascended the throne in 1927 at age seven following the French-engineered removal of his father Mohammed IV. The Monnaie de Paris routinely produced essais in limited numbers for record and approval purposes, and surviving examples are almost entirely from those original restricted strikes.