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20 Ouguiya

Issuer Banque Centrale de Mauritanie
Year 1973-2003
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Value 20 Ouguiya (20 MRO)
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Reverse description The reverse displays the Arabic numeral '٢٠' (20) prominently in the upper central field beneath a decorative crescent motif. The denomination 'أوقية' (Ouguiya) is inscribed in the centre of the field. Two upswept wheat or millet ears frame the central device symmetrically, with their bases converging on a crescent-and-star symbol at the lower centre, echoing the national emblem. The Hijri year in Eastern Arabic numerals appears along the lower exergual area. The Arabic legend 'البنك المركزي الموريتاني' (The Central Bank of Mauritania) runs around the upper periphery within a raised border.
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Mintage 1393 (1973) - ١٣٩٣ -
1393 (1973) - ١٣٩٣ Mint Sets (KM#MS1) -
1394 (1974) - ١٣٩٤ -
1403 (1983) - ١٤٠٣ -
1407 (1987) - ١٤٠٧ -
1410 (1990) - ١٤١٠ -
1414 (1993) - ١٤١٤ -
1416 (1995) - ١٤١٦ -
1418 (1997) - ١٤١٨ -
1420 (1999) - ١٤٢٠ -
1423 (2003) - ١٤٢٣ -
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Mauritania's post-independence coinage required an entirely new denominational system after the country abandoned the CFA franc in 1973, creating the ouguiya — one of only two world currencies where the primary unit divides into five subunits rather than one hundred, a structure rooted in the traditional khoums reckoning used in local trade long before French colonial monetary systems arrived.