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1 Piastre / Qirsh
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large Arabic-Eastern numeral 1 occupies the center of the field. The Latin legend ONE PIASTRE curves along the upper periphery, flanked by the Gregorian year 2006 at the lower left and the Arabic-Eastern date ٢٠٠٦ at the lower right. The Arabic denomination واحد قرش (one piastre) is inscribed in script along the lower portion of the field. |
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Sudan's 2006 coinage reform accompanied the introduction of the new Sudanese pound, which replaced the dinar at a rate of 100 dinars to one pound — itself a redenomination of a currency that had been badly eroded by years of civil war financing and IMF-pressured austerity. The piastre, one-hundredth of that new pound, was effectively a denomination being reborn after decades of irrelevance.
Aluminium bronze was a practical choice for a country with constrained minting budgets and a need for durability in harsh climatic conditions. The reform coincided with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005, which ended the Second Sudanese Civil War after twenty-two years.