Mauritania 500 Ouguiya 28.11.2002 (M016/38600977) UNC

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: Unknown. 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 # M016/38600977) UNC

Dimensions: 161 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. Cinq Cents Ouguiya. Les auteurs ou complices de falsification ou de contrefacon de billets de banque seront punis conformement aux lois et actes en vigueur.