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The Moroccan dirham (Arabic: درهم, romanized: dirham, Moroccan Arabic: درهم, romanized: derhem; sign: DH; code: MAD) is the official monetary currency of Morocco. It is issued by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco. One Moroccan dirham is subdivided into 100 santimat (singular: santim; Arabic: سنتيم).
The dirham was a unit of mass used across North Africa, the Middle East, Persia and Ifat; later known as Adal, with varying values. The value of Islamic dirham was 14 qirat. 10 dirham equals 7 mithqal (2.975 gm of silver). In the late Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: درهم), the standard dirham was 3.207 g; [1] 400 dirhem equal one oka.
The rial was introduced when Morocco adopted a modern style coinage in 1882. It replaced a system consisting of copper falus , silver dirham and gold benduqi . In Spanish Morocco , the rial was replaced by the Spanish peseta in 1912 at a rate of 1 rial = 5 pesetas.
Decree n° 1.59.233 of 30 June 1959 created the Banque du Maroc, which took over the issuance of money the next day, and replaced the State Bank of Morocco. In October, the Banque du Maroc issued a new currency, the Moroccan dirham. The Banking Act of 21 April 1967 enhanced the role of "Banque du Maroc", particularly in the field of banking ...
A train that travels from rural northern Morocco to a port on the Mediterranean Sea carries no passengers. Three times a day, it brings hundreds of cars stacked bumper to bumper from a Renault ...
Moroccan dirham: DH MAD Centime: 100 2 Morocco, Sahrawi Republic: Israeli new shekel ₪ ILS Agora: 100 2 Israel, Palestine: Jordanian dinar: د.أ JOD Piastre: 100 2 Jordan, Palestine: Brunei dollar: B$ BND Sen: 100 2 Brunei, Singapore: Singapore dollar $, S$ SGD Cent: 100 2 Singapore, Brunei: Hong Kong dollar $, HK$ or 元 HKD Cent: 100 2 ...
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In the European community, cent is the official name for one hundredth of a euro.However, in French-speaking countries, the word centime is the preferred term.The Superior Council of the French language of Belgium recommended in 2001 the use of centime, since cent is also the French word for "hundred".