Mauritania 100 Ouguiya 28.11.2002 (B021/501962xx) UNC

100 Ouguiya 28.11.2002 (© Front: Geometric and ornamental guilloche patterns and designs with native motives on both sides of the banknote. Back: String musical instruments: Ardin (women's harp style instrument) and Orutu-like fiddle, men's one-stringed instrument played with a bow string. Cow grazing near the ancient Ksour (Ksar) of Ouadane, known as the Great Friday Mosque of Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata. Watermark: Head of an old bearded man**. Security thread: Green, solid, vertical, fully embedded 1 mm wide with "BANQUE CENTRALE DE MAURITANIE" repeated. Main colours: Violet, purple and brown. Signatures: (Nº8, R2L): Yahya Ould Athighe (Governor, Head of the Central Bank, August 2002 – January 2003); Yahya Ould Amou (Chief Cashier – Directeur General de la Caisse, 1989–2007). Artist: G+D. Issuer: Central Bank of Mauritania. Date of issue: 28 November 2002. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method: Intaglio. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Munich, Germany (G&D, G+D)) © (Serial Nos: B021/501962xx) UNC

Dimensions: 146 x 70 mm

Catalogue Number: P-4k (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications); B104l (Banknote Book)

Grade/condition: Uncirculated (UNC) (new, unused, mint) GRADING INFO

**/ Back in 1974 when the first BCM bank governor Ahmed Ould Daddah was visiting the island of Gorée, he purchased a portrait of a bearded elderly man (Sidi Ethmane Ould Mohamed Mahmoud Essemlaly, a Smalils sharif). The portrait was painted by Myrto Debard, a French artist. Source: Banknote Book

Texts: Banque Centrale de Mauritanie. البنك المركزي الموريتاني. Cent Ouguiya. مائة أوقية. One Hundred Ouguiya. Les auteurs ou complices de falsification ou de contrefaçon de billets de banque seront punis conformément aux lois et actes en vigueur. BCM.