Note of the Month: South Sudan 500 Pounds
Posted on 9/24/2024
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Country: South Sudan
Catalog Number: 16b
Date: 2020
Denomination: 500 Pounds
Varieties: The PMG Population Report records examples of Pick# 16a, 16b and 16c, which have dates of 2018, 2020 and 2021, respectively. One Replacement/Star note is also recorded.
What makes it special? This note shows the Nile River, the longest river in the world, which bisects South Sudan. The world's newest country, South Sudan achieved independence from its neighbor to the north in 2011.
Did you know? The fourth Sunday in September is World Rivers Day, a time to call attention to the importance of rivers. At a little more than 4,100 miles in the length, the Nile river system edges each of the next three longest river systems: the Amazon in South America, the Yangtze in China and the Mississippi-Missouri in North America, which are each more than 3,900 miles long.
Total graded by PMG: As of mid-September 2024, the PMG Population Report includes 5 examples of Pick# 16a, 13 examples of 16b (including one Replacement/Star) and 11 examples of Pick# 16c.
PMG median grade: PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ for Pick# 16a and PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ for Pick# 16b and 16c.
PMG highest graded: The PMG Population Report lists two examples of Pick# 16b in PMG 68 Superb Gem Uncirculated EPQ.
Sales highlights: 500 South Sudan Pounds is equal to about $4 USD. A PMG-certified example of Pick# 16a in the median grade was listed on eBay in September 2024 for $21.99 plus shipping.
PMG Registry: This note is part of the only South Sudan category in the PMG Registry: 2011-Date, Issued Notes, Complete, Including Varieties, where the first-place set, Fadi Dalileh's Bank of South Sudan, 2011-Date, has an example of both Pick# 16a and 16b in PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ. The set, which is 96% complete, is a great way to explore South Sudan's currency.
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- Bermuda 2 Dollars
- Brazil 2000 10 Reais Commemorative
- Canada 2018 $10
- Cayman Islands 40 Dollars
- China 1999 1 Yuan
- Cook Islands (1987) 3 Dollars
- Costa Rica 20,000 Colones
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- Disney Dollar - 2003 $5
- Ecuador 5,000 Sucres
- Egyptian Pound
- Estonia 5 Krooni
- Fiji 2000 2,000 Dollars
- France 10 Francs
- France 20 Francs
- France 1995-96 200 Francs
- Germany 1918 50 Mark
- Germany 1991 1,000 Deutsche Mark
- Gibraltar 1995 20 Pounds
- Great Britain (1975-80) 10 Pounds
- Great Britain 2015 5 Pounds
- Greece 50 Drachmai
- Greenland 5 Kroner
- India 500 Rupees
- Indonesia 2022 100,000 Rupiah
- Ionian Islands 5,000 Drachmai
- Ireland - Northern 1990 50 Pounds
- Irish Republic 1866 5 Dollars
- Israel 1988 50 New Sheqalim
- Italy 1937-41 50 Lire
- Japan 2,000 Yen
- Louisiana 1860s $10
- Macau, China 2019 10 Patacas
- Malaysia 600 Ringgit
- Maldives 2015 1,000 Rufiyaa
- Mauritius 5 Rupees
- Mexico Peso
- Mexico 2010 200 Pesos
- Nepal 100 Rupees
- Netherlands 1982 50 Gulden
- Netherlands Indies 1,000 Gulden
- New Zealand 2015-16 50 Dollars
- Niue 2018 "Star Wars" Dollar
- Norway 2017 50 Kronor
- Norway 5 Kronor
- Pakistan 100 Rupees
- Philippines 500 Piso
- Qatar 2020 10 Riyals
- Russia 2014 Olympic Commemorative
- Russia - Goznak Test Note
- Saudi Arabia 10 Riyals
- Scotland 2017 10 Pounds
- Scotland 2012 10 Pounds
- Serbia 2013 100 Dinara
- Seychelles 2016 25 Rupees
- Singapore $20
- Singapore (2006) 2 Dollars
- South Africa 10 Rand
- South Africa 20 Rand
- South Korea 2018 2,000 Won
- Sweden 1980-90 10 Kronor
- Sweden 100 Kronor
- Switzerland 1,000 Franken
- Thailand 1,000 Baht
- US $2 Obsolete Banknote
- US 1880 $20 Legal Tender
- US 1901 $10 Legal Tender
- US 1914 $5 Federal Reserve Note
- Zambia Pound
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