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50 Pounds 15th Hijrah Century, Copper Piedfort
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Sudanese state emblem: a secretary bird with wings spread, displayed upon a shield, surmounted by a scroll bearing the Arabic legend 'Al-Nasr Lana' (Victory is Ours). The emblem is flanked to left by the Arabic denomination '٥٠ جنيها' and to right by 'Ls. 50' in Latin numerals. A broad Arabic legend encircling the upper field reads 'Jumhuriyyat al-Sudan al-Dimuqratiyya' (Democratic Republic of Sudan). Below the central device, the bilingual date '1979 / 1400' appears alongside 'SUDAN', with the commemorative legend 'ISLAMIC WORLD 15TH CENTURY' arching along the lower rim. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية السودان الديمقراطية النصر لنا ٥٠ جنيها LS. 50 1979 1400 SUDAN ISLAMIC WORLD 15TH CENTURY |
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Sudan's 15th Hijrah Century commemorative series marked the Islamic calendrical milestone of 1400 AH, which fell in 1979–1980 CE. The piedfort format — struck at double the normal thickness on a standard-diameter planchet — was produced specifically for collectors and presentation sets, with no circulating equivalent in copper at this denomination.
KM#P10 is among the heavier piedfort issues from African central banks of this period, when several newly independent states used commemorative coinage programs partly to generate hard currency through numismatic sales abroad.