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1 Pound
| Issuer | Sudan Government |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Currency | Pound (1956-1992) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue tones and carries a central vignette of the Sennar Dam viewed from above, stretching across a wide river landscape toward a distant horizon. Arabic script legends appear at the top and lower centre, including the issuer name and promise-to-pay clause. A large ornate guilloche rosette occupies the right portion of the note, with specimen serial numbers 000000 printed in red at upper right and lower left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Sudan's 1955 issue came in a peculiar political moment: the country formally achieved independence on 1 January 1956, meaning notes dated 1955 were prepared under British-Egyptian Condominium authority for a state that was already, in practical terms, governing itself. The Sudan Government series replaced the notes of the Sudan Currency Board, and Waterlow & Sons — by then in the final years before their 1961 absorption into De La Rue — handled production.
Waterlow's involvement with Sudan was brief. The P#A3 is among the scarcer entries in this transitional series, with relatively limited print runs tied to the short window of the issuing authority's existence.