Mauritania 1000 Ouguiya 28.11.1981 (R007/16680843) UNC

1000 Ouguiya 28.11.1981 (© Front: Portrait of a bearded old man**. Geometric and ornamental designs with native motives. Back: Palm trees. Camel. Mining plant. Field workers. Watermark: Head of an old bearded man. Security thread: Solid, fully embedded less than 1 mm wide security thread right off centre. Main colour: Red-orange. Signatures: Sig.1A (R2L): Sid'Ahmed Ould Bneijara (Governor BCM, 30 May 1978 – July 1978); Ahmed Ould Taya (Chief Cashier - Directeur General de la Caisse, 1974–1988). Artist: G+D. Issuer: Central Bank of Mauritania. Date of planned issue: 28 November 1981. Date of release: 2023. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method: Intaglio. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Munich, Germany (G&D, G+D)) © (Serial No: R007/16680843) UNC

Dimensions: 166 x 91 mm

Catalogue Number: P-3D (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications); B111a (Banknote Book)

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

**/ 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. Mille Ouguiya. ألف أوقية. One Thousand Ouguiya. Les auteurs ou complices de falsification ou de contrefacon de billets de banque seront punis conformement aux lois et actes en vigueur. BCM.