B538 (P74): 20 dinars (US$15) Purple and tan. Front: Arabic text; Depth Image hologram; map of GMMR project (Great Man-Made River). Back: Arabic text; map of Africa; Organization of African Unity leaders. Windowed security thread with demetalized 20 and Arabic characters. Watermark: Omar El Mukhtar, electrotype 20, and Cornerstones. Printer:Read More…

500 francs (US$6.20), ND (2003-). Like Pick 1, but new signatures as follows: Le Directeur Général – Alain VienneyLe Présidente du Conseil de Surveillance – Jean-Pierre LandauLe Directeur – Patrick Besse The 5,000- and 10,000-franc notes have also been confirmed with this new signature combo. Furthermore, in late 2008 theRead More…

The note dated 28.11.1981 is a recently-discovered unissued 1,000-ouguiya specimen, apparently printed by G&D without imprint. Taking into consideration that the new SCWPM lists another unissued specimen dated 1977-6-26 by TDLR (Pick 3A), it appears plausible that Banque Centrale de Mauritanie had put out a tender for security printers toRead More…