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200 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 2019-2021 |
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| Printer | Sudan Currency Printing Press, Khartoum, Sudan (1994-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a Looh (Arabic: لوح), the reusable wooden writing board used in traditional Quranic schools known as Khalwa, surrounded by figures in the regional dress of various Sudanese tribes; the figure at the extreme left is attired in the traditional garb of the Beja people. The emblem of the Central Bank of Sudan appears at upper right. |
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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.