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5 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'État du Maroc |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue on yellow-orange underprint with Moorish arabesque ornamental borders framing the entire note. The left panel bears a large numeral '5' set within a circular guilloche rosette against a dark scrollwork background, while the right panel carries the issuer's name 'BANQUE D'ÉTAT DU MAROC' within a scalloped arch, the denomination 'CINQ FRANCS' in bold blue letters, and the date with a small black square obscuring part of the month. A counterfeiting warning legend appears in a ruled panel at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE D'ETAT DU MAROC CINQ FRANCS LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMEMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR F. JACQUIN |
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The Banque d'État du Maroc was a Franco-Belgian concession bank, not a Moroccan national institution, and it continued issuing notes throughout the French Protectorate period with only the disruptions of wartime logistics forcing any real change to practice. The 1943 date here is significant: following the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942, metropolitan French printing resources were cut off, and small-denomination notes like this one were produced locally at the Imprimeries Réunies de Casablanca rather than by any European security printer.
Félix Jacquin's design work for the Moroccan series is among the more accomplished produced under Protectorate auspices, though the local printing shows perceptibly softer impression than the pre-war Paris-produced issues.