Catalog
200 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 2019-2021 |
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| Currency | Third pound (2011-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a woman engaged in traditional cane weaving, flanked by rural dwellings and an urban structure; traditional cane furniture appears at upper right. A colour-shifting security strip runs vertically through the centre, bearing the inscription 'CBOS' and the numeral '200', with Omron rings in a greenish dot pattern positioned on either side. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Sudan's domestic printing capacity has always been a point of national pride and political convenience — keeping currency production in Khartoum meant the state could issue notes outside the scrutiny that came with foreign contracts. By the time this 200 Pound note entered circulation, Sudan was operating under compounding economic pressure: the secession of South Sudan in 2011 had stripped Khartoum of roughly 75% of its oil revenues, and inflation had been grinding the pound's purchasing power for years.
The 200 Pound denomination itself is telling. Notes reach high face values when smaller ones lose practical utility.