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50 Dirhams - Hassan II Green March 2nd Anniversary
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Reference(s) | Y#143a |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Hassan II facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and facial features. An Arabic legend identifying the monarch appears to the left and lower right of the portrait in flowing calligraphic script. The field is smooth and mirror-like, consistent with proof manufacture. The coin is bordered by a rope-pattern inner circle near the milled edge. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a stylised group of marchers bearing Moroccan national flags adorned with the Star of Solomon, symbolising the 1975 Green March into Western Sahara. A laurel or olive branch appears below the central device. The upper field carries a curved Arabic commemorative legend referring to the second anniversary of the Green March. Dual dates — 1397 (Hijri) to the right and 1977 (Gregorian) to the left — flank the central design. The denomination, 50 Dirhams, is inscribed in Arabic numerals and script in the lower field, all within a rope-pattern inner border. |
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The Green March of November 1975 was Hassan II's masterstroke of domestic political theatre — 350,000 Moroccan civilians, unarmed by design, crossed into Spanish-held Western Sahara to force Madrid's hand as Franco lay dying. Spain, unwilling to fight a crowd, negotiated out within weeks. This coin marks the second anniversary of that event, struck in gold at a weight suggesting a ceremonial rather than fiduciary purpose.
Y#143a distinguishes the .900 fine gold issue from related emissions in the series. Production was almost certainly limited to presentation sets and diplomatic gifts.