Moroccan Dirham (MAD)

There are banknotes of 20, 25, 50, 100, and 200 Moroccan dirhams. The current series of banknotes features the image of Mohamed VI, the king of Morocco. Many are already printed on Durasafe®, a durable material. These coexist with the edition of his predecessor, King Hassan II, his father.

The currencies in circulation were minted in the year 2002. Some of them are bimetallic, such as the 5 and 10 dirhams. In addition to these, there are also the 1, 5, 10, and 20 cents, and the 0.5, 1, and 2 dirhams. All the inscriptions on the reverse and obverse are in Arabic.

In the past, in Morocco, falus (copper coins), dirhams (silver), and benduqi (gold) were used. The dirham remained as the sole currency after the dissolution of the French protectorate in 1960, although the dirham and the franc coexisted in the country until 1974.

The plural of "dírham" is "darahim", although in other languages such as Spanish, French, and English, the use of the word "dirhams" is common. This word shares a root with the Greek word "dracma", one of the first currencies in the history of humanity.