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25 Piastres
| Issuer | Bank of Sudan |
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| Year | 1970-1980 |
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| Currency | First pound (1956-1992) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red on a light ground and carries a central vignette of the Bank of Sudan building rendered in fine intaglio line engraving. Arabic inscriptions appear at the top including the bank name and the promise-to-pay legend, with the denomination stated in Arabic numerals and words at left and lower right. The serial number prefix and numerals appear twice, at upper right and lower left, flanking a facsimile signature above the Arabic title of the Governor, with the issue date in Arabic numerals at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in red throughout, presents a large intaglio vignette of the interior of a cotton spinning mill, with long rows of spindles receding in perspective and a worker in a white coat attending the machinery at right. Guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral 25 occupy each corner, and the English inscription BANK OF SUDAN runs along the top while TWENTY FIVE PIASTRES appears in a panel at the foot. The printer's imprint DE LA RUE is visible in small lettering at the bottom centre. |
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The Bank of Sudan was established by the Bank of Sudan Act of 1959, just three years after independence, replacing the Sudan Currency Board. This 25 Piastres note belongs to the first independent series proper — earlier fractional currency had been issued under transitional arrangements that kept the colonial-era Currency Board framework in place longer than most newly independent states tolerated.
The decade-long run of P#11 across multiple governor signatures reflects institutional continuity through a period of considerable political turbulence, including Nimeiry's 1969 coup and the subsequent dismantling of civilian government. Notes bearing the Mirghani signature predate that rupture by very little.