Catalog
10 Pounds
| Issuer | Sudan Government |
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| Year | 1955 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Gordon Memorial College building rendered in fine intaglio line engraving, set against a background of palm trees, with a decorative guilloche rosette to the right. Arabic inscriptions appear at top and bottom, with denomination numerals in the upper left and lower left corners. The overall colour scheme is violet-purple with a light green underprint. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Sudan's currency transition of 1955–56 was unusually compressed. The country gained independence on 1 January 1956, but these notes were issued under the Sudan Government imprint before that date — meaning this £10 circulated, at least briefly, under a colonial administrative structure that was already in the process of dissolving. Waterlow & Sons had printed Sudanese notes going back through the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium period, so the relationship was not new.
The P#A5 designation reflects its scarcity in the catalog record; surviving examples are rare enough that auction appearances are infrequent and condition documentation thin.