Mauritanian Ouguiya
a.k.a. MRU, MRO, Mauritanian Ouguiyas
The currency of Mauritania in West Africa, one of the rare money units split into fifths instead of…
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The currency of Mauritania in West Africa, one of the rare money units split into fifths instead of hundredths.
The Mauritanian ouguiya is Mauritania's money. In 2018 the country lopped a zero off it: ten old ouguiyas (code MRO) became one new one (code MRU). Like the Malagasy ariary, it is non-decimal: one ouguiya is five khoums. It barely trades internationally, so it is an exotic of the exotics.
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