50 Francs

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.