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5 Pounds L. 1985
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A rural vignette at left centre shows cattle harnessed to a plough with a village scene in the background, rendered in brown intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The national arms — a secretary bird within a wreath — appear in a sunburst medallion at centre right, with Arabic inscriptions and the denomination in Arabic numerals flanking the design. A stylised plant motif borders the right margin, while the Bank of Sudan title in Arabic runs along the upper edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | بنك السودان |
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Sudan's 1985 issue came at a moment of acute political rupture — the year General Siwar al-Dahab's transitional military council ousted Nimeiry after sixteen years in power. Whether notes of this series were already in production before the coup or deliberately continued through it is not documented in available sources, but the timing meant these circulated under two very different political administrations within a single year.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement with Sudanese currency stretched back decades, making this a routine production contract rather than a new relationship. The watermark remains the sole security feature — modest by any measure for a mid-1980s issue.