500 Ouguiya 28.11.2002 (Front: Geometric and ornate floral designs with native motives. Denomination rosettes and guilloche patterns. Reverse: Field work harvesters. Mining complex and conveyors. Watermark: Portrait of a bearded old man**. Signature: (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). Security thread: Solid, yellow and green vertical 1 mm wide. Predominant colours: Green and red-brown. Artist: G&D. Issuer: Central Bank of Mauritania. Date of issue: 28 November 2002. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method: Intaglio. Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany (G+D)) (Serial Nos: L016/385892xx) UNC) UNC
Dimensions: 162 x 87 mm
Catalogue Number: P-8c (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications); B112c (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. Cinq Cents Ouguiya. خمسمائة أوقية. Five Hundred Ounces. Les auteurs ou complices de falsification ou de contrefaçon de billets de banque seront punis conformément aux lois et actes en vigueur.
Dimensions: 162 x 87 mm
Catalogue Number: P-8c (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications); B112c (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. Cinq Cents Ouguiya. خمسمائة أوقية. Five Hundred Ounces. Les auteurs ou complices de falsification ou de contrefaçon de billets de banque seront punis conformément aux lois et actes en vigueur.
