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50 Dirhams - Hassan II Independence
| Issuer | Bank Al-Maghrib |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Thickness | 2.68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Hassan II facing left, modelled in high relief with finely detailed hair and strong facial features in a contemporary portrait style, engraved by David Wynne. The Arabic legend المملكة المغربية appears in calligraphic script to the upper left of the field, with الحسن الثاني inscribed to the lower right. The coin exhibits a deeply mirrored proof field contrasting with the frosted portrait, framed by a rope-pattern inner border and reeded edge. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the twentieth anniversary of Moroccan independence from French and Spanish protectorate control, this coin was struck in 1975 — the same year Hassan II launched the Green March, sending 350,000 unarmed Moroccan civilians into the Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain's withdrawal. The political timing was deliberate; commemorative silver issues of this period functioned as instruments of nationalist consolidation as much as celebratory objects.
The .925 fineness places it among the heavier commemorative silver issues of the era's North African output. Struck at the Royal Mint on contract, these saw minimal circulation.