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50 Centimes - Mohammed V
| Issuer | Morocco |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a large five-pointed star (Seal of Solomon) with ornate floral arabesques filling the spaces between its points, rendered in a traditional Moroccan decorative style. The star is rendered in relief against a plain field. A bilingual legend surrounds the design, with Arabic script arching across the upper portion of the coin and the Latin inscription EMPIRE CHERIFIEN flanking the lower portion, with MAROC centered at the base. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Morocco in 1945 was still under the French Protectorate, and this issue was struck at the Paris Mint — the tiny torch privy mark confirms it. Mohammed V had been sultan since 1927, nominally, but real authority sat with the Résidence Générale. The aluminium bronze composition reflects wartime metal economies that persisted well into the postwar period across French-administered territories.
Seven years later, in 1953, the French exiled Mohammed V to Madagascar after he began openly supporting independence. His return in 1955 effectively ended the Protectorate.