Five-pointed star surrounded by ornate pattern. Latin lettering above outer circle, Arabic lettering below.
Obverse script
Arabic, Latin
Obverse lettering
EMPIRE CHERIFIEN
الدولة المغربية (Translation: Moroccan Empire)
Reverse description
Ornate pattern around value. NOTE: the issue year can be determined by whether there is the `lightning bolt` privy mark of Poissy Mint. This is found in the triangle below the Arabic text `سنتيم`. Coins without privy mark are from 1921, coins with privy mark are from 1924.
Reverse script
Arabic, Latin
Reverse lettering
قطعة تساوي
50 CEN-
·TIMES
سنتيم
Edge
Milled
Mint
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) Société Française de Monnayage Poissy, France (1922-1927)
Mintage
ND (1921) - Y# 35.1; Lec# 208 Monnaie de Paris (none) - 7 976 814 ND (1924) - Y# 35.2; Lec# 209 Poissy Mint (thunderbolt) - 3 005 423