Catalog
5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'État du Maroc |
|---|---|
| Year | 1943-1944 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | P#24 |
| Obverse description | Printed in blue and black on a yellow underprint, the obverse presents the denomination numeral at the left within a finely executed guilloche border, with the issuing authority legend and promissory text arranged horizontally across the centre of the note. The overall composition is compact and utilitarian, consistent with wartime small-format emergency issues produced in the United States for Moroccan colonial circulation. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in blue and black on a yellow underprint, with a Moroccan star vignette centred at the upper portion of the note. Denomination numerals occupy each corner, and promissory text is laid out across the centre within a guilloche border consistent in style with the obverse. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Banque d'État du Maroc, though nominally a Moroccan institution, was effectively a French-controlled organ operating under the Act of Algeciras (1906). When the fall of France in 1940 and the subsequent Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942 disrupted the usual supply chain through metropolitan French printers, the bank turned to American sources. E. A. Wright of Philadelphia, better known for engraved stationery and securities, produced this emergency wartime issue.
The 1943–44 date range reflects the period of transition as Allied forces consolidated control over French Morocco, with currency supply a practical military and administrative concern.