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5000 Ouguiya Central Bank of Mauritania
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche underprint in gold and brown tones, with the large Arabic denomination خمسة آلاف أوقية (Five Thousand Ouguiya) in bold lettering along the lower margin. A central watermark zone is flanked by an ornate geometric vignette at right incorporating traditional Mauritanian motifs in orange and black, with the years 1973 and 2013 worked into the design to mark the 40th anniversary. The serial number and date appear at upper left, with the issuer's name in Arabic at the top and the governor's signature at lower left. |
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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 1973-2013 40ÈME ANNIVERSARIE DE LA BANQUE CENTRALE DE MAURITANIE BILLET COMMÉMORATIF 5000 CINQ MILLE 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, 40th Anniversary of the Central Bank of Mauritania, Five Thousand Ouguiya) |
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The 5000 Ouguiya is Mauritania's highest denomination note, introduced as the country's economy expanded on the back of iron ore exports and nascent offshore oil revenues. G&D's Leipzig facility has handled Mauritanian currency printing for several series, giving the BCM a reliable relationship with a single supplier rather than diversifying across multiple security printers — unusual for a central bank of comparable size.
Pick 27 represents a relatively modest security specification for a high-value note: watermark and security thread without the polymer substrate or color-shifting ink increasingly standard at this denomination elsewhere in West Africa by 2013.