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1 Ouguiya with 'واحدة'
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 1974-2003 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central crescent and star motif, a traditional Islamic symbol, flanked on either side and below by olive or palm sprigs. The Arabic denomination appears below the central device. A circular Arabic legend identifying the issuing authority, 'البنك المركزي الموريتاني', runs along the outer rim, accompanied by the Hijri date rendered in Eastern Arabic numerals. |
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Mauritania's ouguiya system was introduced in 1973 when the country withdrew from the West African CFA franc zone, one of relatively few African nations to abandon the colonial-era currency framework entirely. The 1 ouguiya denomination presented an immediate linguistic challenge: Arabic has grammatically distinct forms for "one" of something, and the inscription واحدة — the feminine singular — was chosen to agree with the grammatical gender of the word ouguiya itself. This was not a trivial editorial decision; it signaled a deliberate alignment with classical Arabic grammatical convention rather than colloquial usage.
The type ran unchanged for three decades before the 2004 redenomination effectively retired it.