Banknotes of Mauritania

Mauritania is one of the few countries in the world whose currency is not divided into hundredths. The ouguiya is divided into five khoums, a quinary system inherited from Arab tradition that almost no other country retains.

Islamic Art and the Sahara

The banknotes combine monumental Arabic calligraphy with desert motifs: dunes, camels, dromedaries, and the adobe architecture of the caravan cities of Chinguetti and Ouadane. There are no portraits: the iconography is deliberately non-figurative.

The 2018 Redenomination

Mauritania removed a zero from its currency and issued a new series, withdrawing the previous one from circulation. The old issues are inexpensive and will no longer be printed.

What you will find here

Ouguiyas with Pick reference and actual condition. Within Saharan Africa, they combine well with Algeria and Morocco.

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