Talk:Moroccan dirham/Archives/2012

1 santim
Why does this article say the 1 santim coin was last issued in 1975 when the central bank says the design changed in 1987, so evidence of continued minting till that time! Enlil Ninlil 06:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I haven't paid attention to it. Thanks for the note EN. You are correct. I still remember that myself. -- FayssalF  - Wiki me up®  19:54, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

hi!!

2 dirham coin
what happened to 2 Dirham coin? there is no info here and neither there is any on the Bank of Morocco website - yet it is definitely in use - it's of similar size to 5 Dirham coin, but it's not bi-metallic and has a faceted edge... - Blueshade 11:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

ps: it's here: http://www.mundimoneda.com/mohamed_VI.htm - Blueshade 11:06, 30 August 2007 (UTC)


 * The coin table needs updating (add year info? partition by series?). But I just don't have the time, nor a catalog that is recent enough. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 10:24, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Not fully convertible
The MAD is NOT freely convertible. In fact, anyone in Morocco who wants to buy valuta (EUR, USD, ...) and take it abroad, needs a special authorization from the "Office des Changes". This authorization is very hard to nearly impossible to get, unless you're a student. This restriction doesn't apply to people who import valuta (they can export it again, if they can prove they imported them) though. So IMHO, saying that the MAD is fully convertible is factually wrong and highly misleading. Morocco is one of the very few countries worldwide who are still applying draconian restrictions on the export of both MAD (totally forbidden) and valuta (factually extremely restricted). -- Cghost (talk) 19:11, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Symbol?
Is the symbol actually د.م.? Or is it ‮د.م.‬? In the page's source, it is literally "‭د.م.‬" -- the bi-di algorithm is moving things around, I think. I believe the full stops (.) are merely dots in an ackronym, seeing as both characters are in درهم, the Arabic for "dirham", in which case shouldn't the last dot be before everything, not after? The first dot appears before the first character, ie: take the raw input of "‭د.م.‬" and label each charater "1234" Should the output be د.م. (visibly 3214) or ‮د.م.‬ (visibly 4321). The latter seems much more logical. (I am forcing these layouts using the unicode bidi-override characters, U+202C to U+202E.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.221.32.10 (talk) 19:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

pegged to the euro?
This article should discuss the relation between the dirham and the euro. The wikipedia article about Currencies related to the euro states that the dirham is pegged. A quick search [] shows that it is fluctuating. I think it needs clarifications. --zorxd (talk) 14:38, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * You are right. The dirham is in fact pegged to a basket containing around 80% euro and 20% US dollar. Since the exchange rate between euro and dollar is fluctuating, same is the case for the dirham - euro rate.

141.59.46.253 (talk) 12:20, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

In the past

 * 500 Mazunas = 1 Ryal (Piastre)
 * 100 Centimes = 1 Franc Böri (talk) 13:56, 15 February 2012 (UTC)