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2000 Ouguiya
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Mauritanie |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 2000 Ouguiya |
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| Reverse description | At left, a vignette of a dromedary camel standing on sandy ground is set within a vertical panel framed by teal geometric and foliate ornamental borders. The central and right portions of the note present an intaglio scene of a cargo ship in port, with industrial port infrastructure at right and an open Quran volume above, rendered in blue-violet. The denomination numeral 2000 appears in the upper-left, upper-right, and lower-right corners, the last in green colour-shifting ink. |
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| Protection description | Visible in the blank oval area at centre-left on obverse; Embedded vertical thread running through the note; Numeral 2000 at lower right of reverse changes colour when viewed at different angles |
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The 2,000 Ouguiya is the highest denomination in Mauritania's post-2004 series, introduced after the country redenominated by replacing the old Ouguiya at a 10-to-1 rate — a move aimed at correcting decades of inflation accumulated since the currency's launch in 1973. Giesecke & Devrient have handled Mauritanian production for much of this period, with Leipzig remaining the primary press facility.
Colour-shifting ink on a high denomination printed for a sub-Saharan issuer is relatively uncommon at this price point, reflecting a deliberate investment in anti-counterfeiting that outpaces the denomination's modest purchasing power in practice.