50 — Fifty Dirhams
The artwork
Front: King Mohammed VI in a dark suit and tie, engraved in fine green line work and set against a keyhole arch of brick with a panel of blue-and-gold zellij tilework behind him. Above, the issuer's name in Arabic, بنك المغرب, with خمسون درهما beneath it, and the Moroccan royal coat of arms — crown, lions and star — between the text and the portrait. Large 50 top left and bottom right.
Back: BANK AL-MAGHRIB and 50 DIRHAMS in Latin script, and the south-west of the country: a broad argan tree in full crown, a stepped waterfall dropping through wooded hills behind it, and in the foreground a terracotta oil vessel with argan nuts scattered below — the oil-pressing economy of the Souss. Rows of MAGHRIB microtext fill the right-hand field., with the dual date 1433 · 2012 in the margin.
In circulation
Issued in 2012 as part of the series that carries the dual Hijri–Gregorian date 1433 · 2012, replacing the earlier 2002-dated 50 dirhams. It remains legal tender and in everyday use, the design unchanged apart from later signature combinations.
Details
- CurrencyDirham
- DenominationFifty Dirhams
- Collectedon the Morocco journey, 2021
- IssuerBank Al-Maghrib (بنك المغرب)
- Series2012 series, dated 1433 · 2012
- PrinterDar As-Sikkah, Bank Al-Maghrib's own works
- SignatureTwo, titled in Arabic: the Wali (Governor) of Bank Al-Maghrib and the Treasury delegate
- SecurityWindowed thread showing 50 and بنك المغرب in the apertures; horizontal microtext lines reading BANK AL MAGHRIB; raised orange dot pattern in both margins
- WatermarkElectrotype 50 in the wide unprinted margin