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Sudanese pound before the dinar: research record

Evidence coverage: 1957–1999. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Sudanese pound before the dinar

FTM000376 · Research draft

A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1957–1999; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Egyptian poundterritorial currency separation · 1957
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Children / successors

Sudanese dinarcurrency replacement · 1992–1999
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Siblings

Libyan dinarShared predecessor: Egyptian pound
Syrian poundShared predecessor: Egyptian pound
Palestine poundShared predecessor: Egyptian pound
Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Earlier Sudanese pound accounts · C1300

Latest research

Earlier unit continuity

Contemporary1964research records the Sudanese pound replacing local Egyptian-pound use at parity in1957. The earlier Sudanese pound is a scoped account identity; a1956note imprint is not a proved account commencement date.

Sources and qualifications →
Gap review finding

1 Egyptian pound = 1 first Sudanese pound. Egyptian pound as actually used in Sudan replaced at parity by first Sudanese pound. Original1964 study supports local currency settlement and account-series continuity; exact1956Act uninspected.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Sudan replaced Egyptian currency with its own pound in 1957 at parity; the Currency Board exchanged Egyptian notes from 8 April to 7 July and subsequently coins, assuming the earlier government coin liability. Documented actual monetary replacement, not inference from a sterling peg. Exact cash windows do not define every obligation.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

The Sudanese dinar succeeded the Sudanese pound at ten pounds per dinar. The 2002 Act expressly defines the dinar as the unit; the 1992 note introduction and July 1999 IFS unit/reporting milestone must remain separate. Upgrade ancestry while preserving date uncertainty: 1992 cash issue is not assumed to establish every account conversion. Original implementing transition instrument still missing.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1957qualified

Contemporary1964research records the Sudanese pound replacing local Egyptian-pound use at parity in1957. The earlier Sudanese pound is a scoped account identity; a1956note imprint is not a proved account commencement date.

C1300
Evidence & research notes 6 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Inference C1258

Earlier Sudanese pound to dinar, introduction/co-circulation followed by replacement. Exact account law not obtained; classify the edge qualified because first-issue and final-replacement dates differ.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V25-013. Upgrade ancestry while preserving date uncertainty: 1992 cash issue is not assumed to establish every account conversion. Original implementing transition instrument still missing. Replacement evidence: C1628.

Bank of Sudan Act 2002 · Bank of Sudan Act 2002, official central-bank English text Citation S664 · Open source ↗

Chapter I interpretation; Chapter IV capital; Chapter V currency unit (§19), legal tender; Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities; Printed p.6 / PDF7, Currencies After Independence; notes N-3 to N-5 on printed104–105

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

IMF International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2008 · IMF International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2008, country notes Citation S665 · Open source ↗

Chapter I interpretation; Chapter IV capital; Chapter V currency unit (§19), legal tender; Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities; Printed p.6 / PDF7, Currencies After Independence; notes N-3 to N-5 on printed104–105

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Central Bank of Sudan Currency Museum catalogue · Central Bank of Sudan Currency Museum catalogue, 2011 Citation S666 · Open source ↗

Chapter I interpretation; Chapter IV capital; Chapter V currency unit (§19), legal tender; Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities; Printed p.6 / PDF7, Currencies After Independence; notes N-3 to N-5 on printed104–105

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Inference C1259

Egyptian pound as actually used in Sudan replaced at parity by first Sudanese pound. Original1964 study supports local currency settlement and account-series continuity; exact1956Act uninspected. Original article passages retrieved from index, not complete download. Date1957 versus1956note dating must be kept separate.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V25-014. Documented actual monetary replacement, not inference from a sterling peg. Exact cash windows do not define every obligation. Replacement evidence: C1627.

Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees · Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees, Domestic Policies and Payments Problems of the Sudan, 1947–62, IMF Staff Papers 11(1), March 1964, pp.150–176 Citation S667 · Open source ↗

p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Indexed primary scholarly passages inspected via search retrieval; direct full PDF/HTML requests blocked403.

Inference C1300

Contemporary1964research records the Sudanese pound replacing local Egyptian-pound use at parity in 1957. The earlier Sudanese pound is a scoped account identity; a1956note imprint is not a proved account commencement date.

IMF International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2008 · IMF International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2008, country notes Citation S665 · Open source ↗

Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities; Printed p.6 / PDF7, Currencies After Independence; notes N-3 to N-5 on printed104–105; p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Central Bank of Sudan Currency Museum catalogue · Central Bank of Sudan Currency Museum catalogue, 2011 Citation S666 · Open source ↗

Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities; Printed p.6 / PDF7, Currencies After Independence; notes N-3 to N-5 on printed104–105; p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees · Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees, Domestic Policies and Payments Problems of the Sudan, 1947–62, IMF Staff Papers 11(1), March 1964, pp.150–176 Citation S667 · Open source ↗

Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities; Printed p.6 / PDF7, Currencies After Independence; notes N-3 to N-5 on printed104–105; p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Indexed primary scholarly passages inspected via search retrieval; direct full PDF/HTML requests blocked403.

Inference C1347

1 Egyptian pound = 1 first Sudanese pound. Egyptian pound as actually used in Sudan replaced at parity by first Sudanese pound. Original1964 study supports local currency settlement and account-series continuity; exact1956Act uninspected.

Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees · Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees, Domestic Policies and Payments Problems of the Sudan, 1947–62, IMF Staff Papers 11(1), March 1964, pp.150–176 Citation S667 · Open source ↗

p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Indexed primary scholarly passages inspected via search retrieval; direct full PDF/HTML requests blocked403.

Supported C1627

Sudan replaced Egyptian currency with its own pound in 1957 at parity; the Currency Board exchanged Egyptian notes from 8 April to 7 July and subsequently coins, assuming the earlier government coin liability.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 · Open source ↗

Printed pp213–215 (South Arabia); pp228–229 (Sudan); p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.

Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.

Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.

Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees · Adnan Mahhouk and Franz Drees, Domestic Policies and Payments Problems of the Sudan, 1947–62, IMF Staff Papers 11(1), March 1964, pp.150–176 Citation S667 · Open source ↗

Printed pp213–215 (South Arabia); pp228–229 (Sudan); p.150 footnote1; p.169 currency settlement; money-supply table5 and table notes in HTML counterpart

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Indexed primary scholarly passages inspected via search retrieval; direct full PDF/HTML requests blocked403.

Supported C1628

The Sudanese dinar succeeded the Sudanese pound at ten pounds per dinar. The 2002 Act expressly defines the dinar as the unit; the 1992 note introduction and July 1999 IFS unit/reporting milestone must remain separate.

Bank of Sudan Act 2002 · Bank of Sudan Act 2002, official central-bank English text Citation S664 · Open source ↗

Chapter I interpretation; Chapter IV capital; Chapter V currency unit (§19), legal tender; Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

IMF International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2008 · IMF International Financial Statistics Yearbook 2008, country notes Citation S665 · Open source ↗

Chapter I interpretation; Chapter IV capital; Chapter V currency unit (§19), legal tender; Country Notes printed p.194, PDF920, Sudan 732: Exchange Rates and Monetary Authorities

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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