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5 Ouguiya
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 2017-2018 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية ٥ أواق١٤٣٩ (Translation: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania 1439 5 Ouguiya) |
| Reverse description | Central design features two traditional Mauritanian musical instruments: a tidinit (a stringed lute) and a tbal (a djembe-style drum), depicted together in the field. The Arabic legend البنك المركزي الموريتاني (The Central Bank of Mauritania) arcs along the upper periphery. The Gregorian year 2017 and the denomination 5 OUGUIYA in Latin characters appear in the lower portion, flanked by small stars. The entire design is framed by a decorative geometric border of traditional Moorish motifs running around the inner edge of the heptagonal flan. |
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Mauritania's ouguiya is one of only two currencies in the world not based on a decimal system — five ouguiya equal one khoum, an arrangement retained from the country's monetary restructuring at independence from France in 1973. In 2018, the country redenominated entirely, introducing a "new ouguiya" worth ten old ones, which makes coins from this 2017–2018 window transitional issues struck just before that reform erased the old unit of account.