60th Anniversary of Bank al Maghrib

Bank Al-Maghrib was founded in 1959 to replace the État Chérifien's currency operations after Moroccan independence, so this 2019 polymer issue marks sixty years of the central bank as an institution distinct from the colonial-era Banque d'État du Maroc. Commemorative polymer notes of this kind are typically produced in limited runs and released directly to collectors rather than entering circulation, meaning wear-related degradation is rarely a concern — but polymer's tendency to crease permanently rather than crumple means mishandled examples can show irreversible fold lines that paper would have survived.