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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Sudan Currency Board |
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| Year | 1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | a crescent and star visible when held to light |
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Sudan's first independent banknote series, issued following the declaration of independence in January 1956, replaced the circulating Egyptian and British currency that had served the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium period. The Bank of Sudan was established specifically to manage this transition, and Thomas De La Rue — the default choice for newly independent states throughout the 1950s — produced the entire inaugural series.
P#4 is the highest denomination in that first issue. Given Sudan's nascent banking infrastructure at the time, high-denomination notes from this series saw limited genuine public circulation and were used primarily in interbank and government transactions.