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500 South Sudan Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of South Sudan |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 500 Pounds |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of South Sudan Promise to pay the bearer on demand Five Hundred South Sudan Pounds 500 Governor Minister of Finance 2024 Dr. John Garang de Mabior |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Watermark, Colour-shifting ink |
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South Sudan's 500 Pounds denomination was introduced as the highest face value in the series, a direct consequence of the hyperinflationary pressure that has eroded the South Sudanese Pound since independence in 2011. By the mid-2020s, the currency had lost the overwhelming majority of its value against the US dollar, making large-denomination notes a practical necessity rather than a prestige issue.
P#20 is among the first notes issued by the Bank of South Sudan to incorporate colour-shifting ink — a security upgrade notably absent from earlier high-value issues in the series.