Reference:
Pick: #21 , The Banknote Book: B212 , Other: #MK516
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Description
State Bank of Morocco. Banknote issued in 1935 "Large format". Work by A. Maillart and engraving by C. Beltrand for the front and A. Maillart and engraving by Eugène Gaspérini for the back. Dimensions: 173 x 106 mm. Watermark: Lion's head in profile. Multicolored printing on white paper. Front: Composition of arabesques of walls and columns decorated with an arch in the center framing the watermark. The mention "State Bank of Morocco" is printed in dark red on a line in the frame at the top. The numbering and the alphabet are repeated twice and printed in black as the date of issue. At the bottom, the value in letters and the article of law are printed in dark red. The twice-repeated value in numbers is written in a square at the bottom of the bill. Back: Composition of arabesques decorating two portals, walls and windows. Three variants of signatures. Known specimen dated 00-00-00, signed and numbered 0.00 - 00000 and perforated "SPECIMEN" in horizontal. Another specimen "SPECIMEN" overprinted in black and oblique in the center, dated 00-00-00 and numbered 0.00 - 000.