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20 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Reference(s) | P#47 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in warm burgundy and teal tones over a fine multicolour guilloche underprint, with an intaglio vignette of the Bank of Sudan headquarters building rendered in three-quarter perspective at centre, flanked by decorative foliate and geometric corner ornaments in the characteristic Sudanese style. The English inscription 'BANK OF SUDAN' runs across the top, and 'Twenty Sudanese Pounds' appears in large serif lettering at the lower centre. The denomination numeral '20' is repeated in both lower corners within ornate cartouches. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF SUDAN Twenty Sudanese Pounds مبنى بنك السودان (Translation: Bank of Sudan building) |
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| Comments |
Sudan's 1991 note issue came during a period of acute economic strain following the 1989 coup that brought Omar al-Bashir to power. The new military government inherited accelerating inflation and a currency already under severe pressure from years of civil war financing — the 20 Pounds denomination was meaningful in 1991 but would be eroded quickly by the hyperinflationary spiral that followed.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement is worth noting: the relationship between Khartoum and London-based printers grew increasingly complicated through the 1990s as Sudan faced international sanctions. This may be among the last series De La Rue produced for the Bank of Sudan before that relationship lapsed.