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250 Dirhams - Hassan II Hassan II Birthday
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 1975-1978 |
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| Currency | Dirham (1960-date) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The Moroccan royal coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield bearing a green pentagram on a red ground, supported by two crowned lions rampant, surmounted by a royal crown, and accompanied by a ribbon below. The Hijri year 1395 appears to the right and the Gregorian year 1975 to the left, flanking the arms. An Arabic legend arching above reads 'Tasee' Yulyuz' (9th of July), denoting the King's birthday. The denomination '250' appears in large Western-Arabic numerals below the arms, accompanied by the Arabic legend 'درهما' (Dirhams), all within an inner beaded border. |
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Issued to mark the birthday of King Hassan II, this gold piece was produced during a period when Morocco was asserting itself aggressively on the international stage — the Green March into Western Sahara took place in November 1975, drawing 350,000 Moroccan civilians across the border in a calculated political maneuver that reshaped the region's territorial map. Bank Al-Maghrib's commemorative gold issues of this period were struck in limited quantities for collectors and gifts rather than circulation, which explains why survivors are almost invariably found in mint condition.
The .900 fineness places this squarely in the French monetary tradition Morocco inherited from the Protectorate years.