50 Piastres / Qirsh non-magnetic

Sudan's 2006 bimetallic coinage was issued as the country's economy was straining under the weight of international sanctions and the ongoing Darfur conflict, which had drawn ICC scrutiny and complicated the Khartoum government's access to international financial systems. The Central Bank pressed ahead with a modernized circulating series partly to address chronic coin shortages that had plagued the previous issues.

The non-magnetic designation distinguishes this piece from a later variant — worth confirming with a magnet before cataloging, as the two are easily conflated.