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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Sudan Government |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Reverse lettering | SUDAN GOVERNMENT FIVE SUDANESE POUNDS |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Sudan Government notes from this period occupy an odd transitional space: issued after the 1953 Anglo-Egyptian Agreement set the country on course for independence, but before the formal declaration of January 1956. The currency authority was essentially a caretaker arrangement, with the Sudan Currency Board managing issuance through the handover period. Waterlow & Sons produced the series in London, as they had for numerous colonial and near-colonial administrations across Africa and the Middle East.
The 5 Pounds was the highest denomination in the series — a significant sum in daily Sudanese commerce — meaning these circulated infrequently and often returned to bank vaults quickly, which cuts both ways on survival rates.