B518 (P77): 200 dirhams (US$23) Blue, green, and violet. Front: Arabic text; denomination numerals as registration device; Moroccan door; coat of arms; King Mohammed VI; crown with five-pointed star (Seal of Solomon) in green-to-gold SPARK. Back: French text; cargo ship, gantry cranes, and shipping containers in port of Tangier; lighthouseRead More…
, According to various sources, Bank Al-Maghrib intends to issue new dirham notes starting on 15 August 2013. All four denominations feature a portrait of King Mohammed VI and the royal crown. Each also shows a Moroccan door to the left of the portrait, demonstrating the richness of the country’sRead More…
According to a press release dated 18 December 2012, Fortress Paper has announced the launch of the world’s first banknote printed on its new Durasafe substrate, an innovative paper-polymer-paper composite substrate produced at its Landqart mill. The new Swiss 50-franc note had been expected to be the first in theRead More…
,,,,,,,,, Morocco’s 10 to 200 dirham notes dated 1987 – 1996 (B504 – B508) have several previously undocumented watermark varieties, all of King Hassan II.For example, the 20-dirham note B508 has at least two different watermarks of Hassan II in profile. The first one appears to have a thinner face,Read More…
Like B510a, but no dash between dates.Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…
Bank Al-Maghrib issued a 50-dirham (US$6.45) note in mid-October 2009 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the central bank. Apparently 4 million notes will be issued at face value. This is the first commemorative banknote issued in Morocco. It was designed by Roger Pfund, the Swiss artist who has alsoRead More…