Mauritanian ouguiya
Mauritanian ouguiya: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- MRU
- Ancestry branch
- French franc
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The BCM communiqué dates launch of the ouguiya reform to 1 January 2018 and announces extension of specified old coin denominations' validity through 2019. [1]
Mauritania changes the size of the ouguiya unit. [2]
Turning points
Territorial currency replacement
Mauritania introduces the ouguiya. Effective date per Bundesbank; earlier political decisions should be separate events. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Agence mauritanienne d'information, reproducing BCM communiqué · BCM extends validity of old coins, 8 November 2018 C551 ↗
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C763 ↗
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C762 ↗
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“Mauritanian ouguiya.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000268.html