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5 Pounds 15th Hijrah Century, Aluminium Obverse Prueba
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Reverse description | Plain, uniface field with no decorative devices or border ornamentation. The word PRUEBA is struck in raised capital Latin letters across the lower-centre of the otherwise entirely blank and unfinished field, identifying this piece as a trial or test striking submitted for approval purposes. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRUEBA |
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Sudan's 1979 coinage program coincided with the country's adoption of Islamic financial principles under Nimeiry's September Laws, which were still several years away but whose political groundwork was already reshaping state institutions — including the Bank of Sudan's approach to commemorative issues. Prueba strikes in aluminium for this denomination were trial pieces produced to test dies and assess visual contrast before committing to a final metal specification.
The 15th Hijrah Century commemoration marks 1400 AH, a date of significant symbolic weight across the Islamic world in 1979–1980, prompting numerous states to issue commemoratives simultaneously.