Can anyone ID my coin?

[No gold in NY]

Dug this at a local beach. First foreign coin with no info to Google. Coin is the size of a nickel. Thanks for any help.

 

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[terrafirma]

morocco 1 dirham

 

[No gold in NY]

morocco 1 dirham

OK, So why does it read 50?

 

[Mackaydon]

https://www.coinsbook.net/coins/copper-nickel-coin-50-santimat-hassan-ii-2nd-portrait-y-62
Don.....

 

[terrafirma]

oops ...morocco 50 dirham coin

 

[No gold in NY]

Thanks guys. My first Morocco coin.

 

[Red-Coat]

oops ...morocco 50 dirham coin

Try again!

The Moroccan franc was the major unit of currency from 1912 until they switched to the dirham in 1960. The franc continued to circulate as 1/100th of a dirham until 1974 when it was replaced by the santim (centime).

So, since the coin is 1974, it’s a 50 santim (santimat) coin… or half a dirham.

 

[Truth]

I don’t know but I like seeing Coin’s I’ve never seen before good job

 

[No gold in NY]

Try again!

The Moroccan franc was the major unit of currency from 1912 until they switched to the dirham in 1960. The franc continued to circulate as 1/100th of a dirham until 1974 when it was replaced by the santim (centime).

So, since the coin is 1974, it’s a 50 santim (santimat) coin… or half a dirham.

So confusing. Happy to be living in the US of A.

 

[PetesPockets55]

So confusing. Happy to be living in the US of A.

I like living in the US also and counting by 10's (Base-10 number system) is easy, so why do we still torture ourselves in the US with 1/8 inch, 12"/foot, 3 feet/yard, 1760 yards/mile and with "rods" thrown in for good measure?
Talk about confusing, but it's what I know so it's "easy"!