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1000 South Sudan Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of South Sudan |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Pound (2011-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of South Sudan Promise to pay the bearer on demand One Thousand South Sudan Pounds 1000 Governor Minister of Finance 2024 Dr. John Garang de Mabior |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central latent-image watermark medallion at left, set within an elaborate multicolour guilloche underprint in purple and pink tones. A vignette at right centre depicts two ostriches in a naturalistic composition. The denomination '1000' is repeated in each corner, with the issuer name 'Bank of South Sudan' and the value inscription 'One Thousand South Sudan Pounds' centred across the note. |
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South Sudan's highest denomination note as of its release, the 1,000 Pounds arrived against a backdrop of severe currency depreciation — the pound had lost the vast majority of its value against the dollar in the years following independence, driven by oil revenue collapse, conflict, and chronic fiscal deficits. Whether a note of this size meaningfully addresses that purchasing power erosion is, at best, questionable.
Pick 21 is a relatively recent addition to the catalog, and detailed documentation on printer attribution remains sparse in major references. The security package — watermark and thread — is modest for a top-denomination note issued this late in the decade.