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500 Ouguiya
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 2004-2006 |
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| Size | 142 × 71 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | البنك المركزي الموريتاني خمسمائة أوقية ٥٠٠ (Translation: Central Bank of Mauritania, Five Hundred Ouguiya, 500) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DE MAURITANIE LES AUTEURS OU COMPLICES DE FALSIFICATION OU DE CONTREFAÇON DE BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS CONFORMEMENT AUX LOIS ET ACTES EN VIGUEUR 500 CINQ CENTS OUGUIYA (Translation: Central Bank of Mauritania, Authors or accomplices of falsification or counterfeit banknotes will be punished in accordance with the laws and acts in force, 500, Five Hundred Ouguiya) |
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Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig plant has handled Mauritanian printing across multiple series, giving the country's notes an unusually consistent production pedigree for a state that has navigated significant political turbulence — including the 2005 coup that deposed Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya after two decades in power, mid-run within this very issue window.
The ouguiya itself is one of only two circulating currencies in the world not decimally subdivided — five khoums to one ouguiya, a nod to traditional Islamic monetary convention rather than metric standardization.