50 Centimes - Mohammed V

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.