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50 Piastres
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1964-1968 |
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| Value | 50 Piastres (50 Qirsh) (0.50 SDP) |
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| Obverse description | Green vignette at left centre with a group of three elephants set against a landscape of trees, printed in intaglio. Arabic bank title and denomination inscriptions appear at top and lower centre, with a large guilloche rosette bearing the numeral 50 in Arabic script at right. Serial number and prefix appear twice, with signature lines and date at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a camel rider holding a flag or staff, mounted on a walking camel with pack saddle, set against a desert landscape. The legend BANK OF SUDAN arches across the top border and FIFTY PIASTRES appears along the bottom border, both in bold letterpress. Ornate guilloche medallions fill the left and right panels. |
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Sudan's first post-independence banknote series, issued from 1961, was produced entirely by Thomas De La Rue — a contract that reflected both the printer's dominance in newly independent African states and Britain's commercial grip on its former dependencies long after the flag came down. The Bank of Sudan had only been established in 1960, replacing the Sudan Currency Board, and these early issues served a banking infrastructure still being built from scratch.
P#7 is the highest denomination in the original series. The four-year date range reflects staggered issue rather than a redesign cycle.