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1 Pound
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A three-quarter perspective view of the Bank of Sudan building occupies the upper portion of the field, rendered in fine relief with architectural detail including colonnaded wings, arched entranceways, and stepped approaches. The structure is depicted in a monumental neoclassical style. Below the building, the Arabic legend 'بنك السودان' (Bank of Sudan) is inscribed in large characters across the lower field. The entire design is contained within a beaded inner border running around the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears the large Arabic numeral '١' (1) in bold relief, accompanied to its left by the written Arabic words 'واحد جنيه' (One Pound) arranged in two lines. The upper portion of the field carries the Arabic legend 'جمهورية السودان' (Republic of Sudan) arcing along the inner border. At the bottom of the field, dual dating is presented: the Hijri year '١٤٠٩ هـ' and the Gregorian year '١٩٨٩ م' separated by a dash, both rendered in Eastern Arabic numerals. A continuous beaded border frames the entire reverse design. |
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Sudan's 1989 coinage falls squarely within the turbulent period surrounding Omar al-Bashir's military coup of June 30th of that year, which ousted the elected government of Sadiq al-Mahdi. The transition to an Islamist-aligned regime brought sweeping changes to financial institutions, eventually leading to the dissolution of the Bank of Sudan itself in favor of the Bank of the Republic of Sudan. Coins struck in this window occupy an awkward administrative moment — issued under one governing order, circulating under another.