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Pick: #49 , The Banknote Book: B231 , Other: #MK527
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Description
State Bank of Morocco. Banknote issued from 1953 to 1958. Work by A. Maillart / Munier and engraving by G. Beltrand for the front and A. Maillart / Rafine and engraving by A. Marliat for the back. Dimensions: 170 x 110 mm. Watermark: A lion's head in profile. Multicolored front and back printing on white paper. Front: Frame decorated with rich motifs framing a view of the city of Fez and its minaret with the Middle Atlas Mountains in the background. The value in figures and in letters, as well as the mention "State Bank of Morocco" are printed in dark blue. The numbering and the alphabet are repeated at the bottom and at the top in small clear cartridges and are printed in black, as well as the date of issue. At the bottom, the law article is printed in orange in a yellow cartridge. Back: View of the Bénimellal dam. All texts are printed in brown. One type of signatures: Guessous / Spitzer / Oudot. The specimen is known obliquely perforated "SPECIMEN" dated 0-0-00 and numbered 0.00 - 000. A number of "SPECIMEN" is perforated at the bottom of the note. Seen exemplary "54".