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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'État du Maroc |
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| Year | 1951 |
| Type | Specimen |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of ancient Roman ruins — columns and stone remains set against a hillside townscape — rendered in intaglio in brown. Ornate geometric and floral guilloche borders frame all four sides, with a blank watermark oval to the right. Three manuscript signatures appear below the vignette alongside Arabic inscriptions. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banque d'État du Maroc was a colonial institution established under the 1906 Act of Algeciras, giving it the monopoly on note issue in Morocco under international supervision — French in practice, but nominally answerable to a board of signatory powers. By 1951, the French Protectorate was entering its final troubled decade, and these high-denomination notes circulated against a backdrop of mounting nationalist pressure that would culminate in the deposition of Sultan Mohammed V in 1953.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement brought the security standards of their London facility to the series, with watermark protection being the primary anti-counterfeiting measure. The P#45B designation distinguishes this from closely related signature varieties — worth checking carefully, as the differences are purely in the signatory panel.