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50 Pounds L. 1985
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Size | 156 x 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vignette of the National Museum with classical columns in the foreground; at centre, a circular medallion bearing a map of Sudan set within a wreath and radiating sunburst underprint; at right, a stylised spear motif. Arabic inscriptions appear at top and lower right, with the denomination numeral repeated at both left and right margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF SUDAN Fifty Sudanese Pounds |
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The Bank of Sudan's 1985 issue came at a particularly unstable moment — the country was in the grip of severe economic deterioration and a balance of payments crisis that had been worsening since the late 1970s, with foreign debt spiraling and the Sudanese pound under sustained pressure. Higher denominations like this 50 Pound note were increasingly necessary for everyday transactions as purchasing power collapsed.
Thomas De La Rue printed this series, as they had most Sudanese issues going back to independence. The watermark remains the primary security feature — relatively modest for the denomination, reflecting the cost constraints Sudan faced in commissioning the series.