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1/5 Ouguiya
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 2017-2018 |
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| Weight | 2.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a detailed depiction of a fish in left profile, rendered in fine relief against a plain field, symbolizing the importance of fishing to Mauritania's economy. The Arabic legend 'البنك المركزي الموريتاني' (The Central Bank of Mauritania) curves around the upper periphery. A decorative border of repeating diamond-shaped geometric motifs encircles the entire design. The Gregorian year 2017 appears in the lower left field, with the denomination '1/5 OUGUIYA' inscribed in Latin characters along the lower exergue, flanked by stars. |
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The ouguiya itself is unusual among world currencies for being one of only two modern units not decimalized into hundredths — it divides into five khoums, a structure rooted in the traditional Islamic prohibition on certain forms of fractional reckoning. The 1/5 ouguiya is therefore one khoum, the smallest denomination Mauritania issues.
At purchasing power levels in Mauritania, this denomination had become essentially functionless by the time this issue was struck.