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50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'État du Maroc |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A central intaglio vignette, framed by an ornate Moorish arcade with arched columns and latticed windows, presents a harbour scene with a coastal fortress at left and a tall-masted sailing ship at right. The denomination "CINQUANTE FRANCS" appears in large letterpress text below the vignette, flanked by numeral "50" panels at lower left and right, with serial numbers positioned at upper left and lower right. An anti-counterfeiting warning legend runs in a horizontal band beneath the central scene. |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is dominated by a large, centrally placed five-pointed star (the Seal of Solomon), rendered in intaglio within a circular guilloche surround, all set against an intricate arabesque underprint in yellow and green. Two circular medallions flank the star at the mid-left and mid-right, each carrying Arabic inscriptions, while further Arabic text occupies the upper and lower registers of the note. Engraver and designer credits appear in the lower corners. |
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Printed in Casablanca rather than Paris, this note reflects the supply chain rupture caused by the Allied landings in North Africa and the effective severance of Morocco from metropolitan France in the wake of Operation Torch in November 1942. Imprimeries Réunies was a commercial printing house pressed into currency production out of necessity — not a security printer by trade.
Lavalley's design relied on engraving work split between Petit and Jacquin, a division suggesting the plates were produced under constrained circumstances. Jacquin handled the reverse alone, which points to differing origins for the two faces.