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5000 Ouguiya
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The left portion of the reverse presents a vignette of the iron ore transport terminal at Nouadhibou port, while the centre carries an intaglio depiction of a locomotive hauling an ore train. The composition is set over a multicolour guilloche underprint with geometric patterns in warm earth tones. Bilingual legends in French appear along the upper border and lower register, with the denomination stated in both numerals and words. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram |
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The 5000 Ouguiya was Mauritania's highest circulating denomination when this series was issued, a country where the Ouguiya itself was already subdivided into Khoums at a ratio of 5:1 — one of only two currencies in the world structured that way, alongside the Malagasy Ariary. G&D's Leipzig facility handled the contract, as they had for numerous West African central banks throughout the 2000s.
Pick 21 replaced an earlier series that had faced increasing counterfeiting pressure — the holographic strip on this issue was a direct response.