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20 Pounds Independence; With flag
| Issuer | South Sudan |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse lettering | * Republic of South Sudan * JUSTICE LIBERTY PROSPERITY REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN Commemorative for Independence 9th July 2011 |
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| Mintage | 2011 - With flag |
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South Sudan's independence on July 9, 2011 made it the world's newest nation at the time, and this bimetallic issue was struck to mark that moment — one of the rare cases where a country's first coinage and its founding date are effectively the same event. The young republic inherited severe infrastructure deficits from decades of civil war with Khartoum, and establishing a functioning mint and monetary system from scratch was itself a logistical undertaking.
Aluminium-centre bimetallic coins of this type were an economical choice for a government with limited hard currency reserves in its opening years.