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50 Dirhams - Hassan II Green March 4th Anniversary
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 50 Dirhams |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicting a stylized arrangement of multiple Moroccan national flags adorned with five-pointed stars, held aloft by a crowd of marchers, symbolizing the 1975 Green March. A diamond-shaped cartouche surmounts the composition, bearing an Arabic inscription. Below the flags, an olive branch and a torch are depicted. A commemorative Arabic legend curves along the upper field noting the fourth anniversary of the Green March. The dual dates 1399 (Hijri) and 1979 (Gregorian) appear in the left and right fields respectively, while the denomination خمسون درهما / 50 درهم is inscribed across the lower field. The whole is enclosed by a rope-twist inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | الذكرى الرابعة للمسيرة الخضراء خمسون درهما 50 درهم 1979 ١٣٩٩ |
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The Green March of November 1975 was Hassan II's masterstroke of domestic politics — 350,000 Moroccan civilians walked into Spanish-held Western Sahara under royal direction, forcing Madrid into accelerated negotiations while the Franco regime was in its final days. Spain signed the Madrid Accords within weeks, transferring administrative control to Morocco and Mauritania. Morocco issued commemorative coinage at the one-year, two-year, and subsequent anniversaries, making the march a recurring instrument of nationalist consolidation as much as a historical event.
The fourth anniversary issue in .925 silver was struck in limited numbers for collectors. Morocco's commemorative program of this period was administered through the Paris Mint under contract.