20 Santimat / Centimes - Mohammed VI

Bank Al-Maghrib introduced this brass-plated steel issue as part of a broader recoinage following Mohammed VI's consolidation of the currency series in the 2000s. The shift to steel cores was a cost-driven response to rising base metal prices that affected mint economics across North Africa and the Middle East during that period.

The plating on these pieces is known to separate at the edge on heavily circulated examples — a minor but consistent characteristic noted by collectors working through circulated Moroccan coinage from this run.