II. Hassan, also known as Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf, was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death. He was born on 9 July 1929 in Rabat, Morocco, the first son of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his first wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. He completed his schooling in Rabat and then obtained his law degree at the University of Bordeaux in France in 1952.1961. on February 26, King Mohammed V died as a result of a complication after a surgical procedure, and was succeeded by Prince Hassan II. Hassan strengthened Morocco's multi-party monarchical system, but left most of the power in the hands of the king. Therefore, the opposition parties started a protest campaign. In the early 1970s, a coup and an assassination were attempted against Hasan. Until the end of the 1980s, World War II. Hasan maintained the internal order with rather dictatorial methods and violence, the opposition of his government was often imprisoned, exiled or murdered. From the beginning of the 1990s, a significant easing process began, hundreds of political prisoners were released, the powers of the parliament were broadened and a commission was set up to investigate the excesses committed by state bodies. In 1986, the construction of what is now II. Hasan's mosque, which is the seventh largest mosque in the world and the largest west of Saudi Arabia. Its 210-meter minaret is the tallest in the world. The building was completed in 1993. Hassan married his first wife, Lalla Latífa Hammu, in 1961, with whom he had five children: Lalla Merjem (b. 1962) Mohammed (b. 1963) Lalla Aszmá (b. 1965) Lalla Hasná (b. . 1967) Múlaj Rasíd (b. 1970). The king also married Lalla Fátima bint Káid Amhourak in 1961, but they had no children. II. Haszan died on July 23, 1999 at the age of seventy. He was buried in the mausoleum of Mohammed V in Rabat, and was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son, VI. He became Mohammed.

II. During the reign of King Hassan of Morocco, from 1961 to 1999, many changes took place in the Moroccan coinage. The first major change was the introduction of the dirham as the country's official currency in 1966. The exchange currency of the dirham was the santim. Simultaneously with the introduction of the dirham, new coins were put into circulation. The smallest coin was the 1 centime, followed by the 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 centime coins. Coins worth 1, 2 and 5 dirhams were put into circulation later. Banknotes also appeared in 1970. The smallest banknote was 10 dirhams, followed by 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 dirhams. II. During the reign of King Hassan, further changes took place in the Moroccan coinage. In 1973, the 1000 santim coin was introduced, and in 1988, the 5 dirham banknote was introduced. After the death of King Hassan in 1999, his son Mohamed VI. the king continued.