Katalog
| Emittent | Banque d'État du Maroc |
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| Jahr | 1943-1944 |
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| Währung | Franc (1910-1959) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | BANQUE D`ÉTAT DU MAROC 50 50 CINQUANTE FRANCS |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Printed in green on a yellow underprint, the reverse is dominated by a central arch motif framing the issuer name and denomination in Arabic calligraphy. Two large six-pointed stars (Seal of Solomon) are positioned symmetrically on either side within ornate rosette panels, with three signature blocks — Al-Katib Al-Amm, Al-Mudeer Al-Qadim, and Al-Adoul Al-Aali — and a legal text panel running along the lower margin. The printer's imprint 'E. A. Wright Bank Note Co. Phila.' appears at the bottom edge. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Banque d'État du Maroc's wartime issues were printed in the United States after the fall of France left the bank unable to rely on its usual French suppliers. The E. A. Wright Bank Note Company, a Philadelphia firm better known for engraved commercial stationery and bond work than for sovereign currency, took on a number of these contracts during the period when North Africa fell under Allied control following the November 1942 landings.
Wright's currency output was always a sideline — the firm never competed seriously with the American Bank Note Company or Bureau of Engraving — which makes its Moroccan commissions a narrow but genuine chapter in wartime production history.