Catalog
500 Pounds
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Third pound (2011-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a vignette of Al-Mogran, the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile in Khartoum, rendered as the central landscape element. The Central Bank of Sudan logo appears alongside the Old City Gate of Suakin used as a see-through registration device. Denomination numerals and multilingual inscriptions are arranged across the upper and lower registers. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Sudan's currency situation since the 2019 political transition has been severe — chronic dollar shortages, parallel exchange markets running at multiples of the official rate, and IMF-estimated inflation that peaked above 300% annually. High-denomination notes have been introduced repeatedly in short cycles simply to keep pace with purchasing power collapse, making each new ceiling denomination obsolete within months of issue.
The Sudan Currency Printing Press has handled domestic production since the mid-1990s, limiting dependence on foreign printers but also limiting the sophistication of available security features. A watermark-only security profile on a 500-pound note in 2025 is notably sparse.