Description
Country: Morocco
• Denomination: 10 Francs
• Year: 1952
• Composition: Aluminum-Bronze
• Weight: ~5 grams
• Diameter: ~23 mm
• Edge: Plain
• Mint: Paris Mint (France)
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🪙 Design Details
Obverse:
• Arabic inscriptions
• Name and titles of Sultan Mohammed V
• Decorative traditional motifs
Reverse:
• Large “10 FRANCS”
• “MAROC” (French for Morocco)
• Arabic script
• Decorative Moroccan ornaments
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🏷️ Grade – XF 40 (Extremely Fine)
• Light wear on high points
• Most design details sharp
• Natural brown toning (common for aluminum-bronze)
• Good collectible circulated condition
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💰 Approximate Market Value (XF 40)
• 10 – 25 USD
• Around 37 – 90 AED
(Not rare, but popular among North African collectors.)
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📊 Historical Context
• Issued during the French Protectorate period (before Morocco’s independence in 1956).
• Sultan Mohammed V later became King after independence and is highly respected in Moroccan history.