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5 Pounds Conservation
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Engraver(s) | Norman Sillman |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a naturalistic, finely detailed depiction of an adult hippopotamus leaning forward over a calf, both rendered in high relief against a plain field with marsh vegetation in the background, evoking a wildlife conservation theme. The composition presents the two animals in a tender, protective grouping near water with reeds to the left. The denomination inscription '٥ جنيهات' (5 Pounds) is engraved in bold Arabic script along the lower portion of the field. The reeded rim frames the design cleanly throughout. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued under Sudan's post-independence government as part of the global wave of conservation-themed coinage promoted by the WWF and various international bodies during the 1970s, this piece belongs to a category of issues where the stated conservation purpose was largely symbolic — few of the programs generated meaningful wildlife funding. Sudan's economy was already under strain from drought cycles and the aftermath of the first civil war, making a silver commemorative an almost incongruous object for the issuing authority to produce at that moment.