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Mauritania banknotes
Mauritania paper money catalog and Mauritanian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • French West Africa currency, till 1958
  • West African States currency, 1958-1973
  • Ouguiya = (5 West Africa Francs) = 5 Khoum, 1973-2017
  • Ouguiya new = 10 Ouguiya old, from 2017

• For earlier issues see:
  • French West Africa, till 1958
  • West African States, 1958-1973

• To purchase Mauritanian banknotes, please check our inventory :
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Pick #	Date
		Republic (French Colony till 1960; part of French West Africa)
1-3	1973	100, 200, 1.000 ouguiya
4-7	1974-2002	100, 200, 500, 1.000 ouguiya
8-9	1999	500, 1.000 ouguiya
10-15	2004-9	100, 200, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000 ouguiya
16-21	2011-	100, 200, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000 ouguiya
new	2011 (2013)	5.000 ouguiya; commemorative overprint "40 Anniversary of Bank Central Mauritanie"
22-	2017-	20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 ouguiya