Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the People's Assembly building (Parliament), with the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Sudan positioned to one side. The design is framed by fine guilloche borders and bilingual Arabic and English inscriptions. |
| Reverse lettering | بنك السودان BANK OF SUDAN جنيه واحد ONE POUND |
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This note falls within the brief window between Sudan's adoption of Islamic banking laws in September 1983 — part of Nimeiry's September Laws — and the currency reform of 1992 that replaced the Sudanese pound with the dinar. De La Rue printed the series in London, though Sudan was by this point politically invested in projecting Islamic financial independence; the irony of contracting a British commercial printer was not lost on observers at the time.
The watermark is the sole security feature, modest even by early 1980s standards for a De La Rue production.