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5 Pounds IYC, Piedfort
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds (5 SDP) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central composition features two children — a boy and a girl — facing each other and joined by a circular element, with a domed mosque or landmark building depicted between them in the background. Below each child is a small emblem: the United Nations logo at lower left and the International Year of the Child logo at lower right. An Arabic legend curves along the upper portion of the field, referencing the International Year of the Child. Additional Arabic inscriptions appear to the left and right within the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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The International Year of the Child coinage, proclaimed by the UN for 1979, prompted a wave of commemorative issues from nations across Africa and the Middle East — Sudan among them, though this piedfort appeared two years after the official designation. Piedforts, struck at double the standard planchet thickness, were produced in small quantities almost exclusively for collectors and diplomatic presentation sets.
Sudan's early 1980s commemorative program coincided with a period of significant economic strain under Nimeiry's government, making hard-currency collector issues a practical source of foreign exchange.