50 Pounds OAU, Aluminium Essai

The Organisation of African Unity summit was hosted in Khartoum in 1978, and Sudan issued this essai in connection with that diplomatic occasion. Essais in aluminium from Sudanese issues of this period were produced in extremely limited quantities, almost certainly at a European striking facility — most likely Monnaie de Paris, which handled a substantial portion of Sudan's commemorative and pattern production during the 1970s. They were never intended for circulation.