Mauritania's 2017 coinage reform introduced a redenominated ouguiya series — the new ouguiya equal to ten old ouguiya — collapsing decades of accumulated inflation into a cleaner unit. This piece belongs to that first redenominated issue, making it a product of administrative decision rather than any single historical event.
KM#14 is a relatively recent type with thin documentation in the major catalogues.
Mauritania's 2017 coinage reform introduced a redenominated ouguiya series — the new ouguiya equal to ten old ouguiya — collapsing decades of accumulated inflation into a cleaner unit. This piece belongs to that first redenominated issue, making it a product of administrative decision rather than any single historical event.
KM#14 is a relatively recent type with thin documentation in the major catalogues.