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5 Qirsh
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1956-1969 |
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| Thickness | 1.30 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The large Arabic-Indic numeral ٥ (five) dominates the centre of the field, flanked symmetrically on each side by a cotton plant sprig rendered in fine relief, each depicting bolls and blossoms representative of Sudan's principal agricultural export. The legend جمهورية السودان (Republic of Sudan) arcs along the upper periphery in Arabic script, while the denomination خمسة قروش (Five Piastres) is inscribed in a straight line across the lower field beneath the central numeral. Two varieties exist, distinguished by the relative size of the central value numeral, catalogued as KM#34.1 (large value) and KM#34.2 (small value). |
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Sudan's first post-independence coinage was issued in 1956 following the country's break from Anglo-Egyptian Condominium rule, with the Bank of Sudan established specifically to manage the transition away from currency shared with Egypt. The 5 Qirsh sat at a practical middle denomination in daily commerce during a period when Sudan's economy was still deeply tied to cotton export revenues and the infrastructure left by the condominium administration.
The series ran through 1969 — the year Jaafar Nimeiry's military coup dissolved civilian government and eventually reorganized the country's financial institutions entirely.