5 Qirsh

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.