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250 Dirhams - Mohamed VI 50th anniversary of King Mohammed V's return from exile
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The Royal Arms of Morocco displayed centrally, featuring the national coat of arms with a green pentagram on a red shield, flanked by two rampant lions and surmounted by a royal crown above the Atlas Mountains device. A curved Arabic legend arcs across the upper field commemorating the anniversary, with the Hijri date 1426 to the left and the Gregorian date 2005 to the right in the side fields. The lower portion of the field bears the dates '16 نونبر 1955 – 2005' denoting the specific anniversary date. |
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Mohammed V was exiled to Madagascar by French colonial authorities in August 1953, a miscalculation that immediately transformed him from a cooperative figurehead into a nationalist martyr. Popular resistance intensified so rapidly that France reversed course within two years, and his return to Rabat on November 16, 1955 effectively sealed the end of the Protectorate. Morocco gained formal independence the following March.
The 1955 return date — not independence itself — became the foundational commemorative moment in Moroccan national memory, which explains why Bank Al-Maghrib anchored this 2005 issue to it specifically.