Catalog
50 Dirhams
| Issuer | Banque du Maroc |
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| Year | 1965-1969 |
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| Currency | Dirham (1960-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King Hassan II in three-quarter view to the right, wearing a suit and tie, set against a vignette of a coastal Moroccan medina with a watchtower and harbour. The bank title in Arabic script appears at top centre within a guilloche border, with the denomination rendered in Arabic lettering at lower centre. The dual date 1965-1385 appears in the lower middle field, with serial number and series prefix positioned at upper right and lower left. |
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| Signature(s) | Ahmed Ben Nani / Driss Slaovi Abdelaziz El Alami / Driss Slaovi Abdelkrim Lazrek / M'hamed Zeghari Abdelkrim Lazrek / Prince Moulay Hassan Ben Medhdi El Alaovi |
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Morocco's 1965 series arrived just three years after independence-era monetary restructuring consolidated the Banque du Maroc's authority over note issue — the French connection here is literal, not residual: the Banque de France printed this series under contract, a practical arrangement given Morocco's limited domestic printing infrastructure at the time. Pick 55 carries four distinct signature combinations across its issue dates, reflecting genuine institutional turnover at the top of the bank rather than routine administrative changes.
The pairing of Abdelkrim Lazrek with Prince Moulay Hassan Ben Medhdi El Alaovi is the most notable — a royal signatory on a central bank note is unusual and points to the Alaoui dynasty's direct presence in financial administration during this period.