NGC - Coin of the Day: Today is Independence Day for the northwest African nation of Mauritania. Here is a coin issued a few years after it gained its independence from France in 1960.

Country: Mauritania
Period: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1960-date)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1393-1423 (1973-2003)
Calendar: Islamic (Hijri)
Value: 20 Ouguiya
Currency: Old Ouguiya (1973-2018)
Composition: Copper-nickel
Weight: 8 grams
Diameter: 28 mm
Shape: Round
Edge: Reeded
Orientation: Coin alignment

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