Sudan 1976 5 ghirsh KM-65

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown was struck for Sudan as part of the F.A.O. series. It was accompanied by a similar ten ghirsh (KM 67) and two ghirsh (KM 63.1). It was struck again in 1978. Another five ghirsh exists (KM 66) honoring the twentieth anniversary of independence. The Christian, black-dominated south has never regarded itself as part of the Arab-dominated north and the resulting conflict has frequently erupted into war.

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 65.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• AH 1396/1976 2 ghirsh, F.A.O.
• AH 1396/1976 10 ghirsh, F.A.O.
• AH 1396/1976 2½ pounds, wildlife conservation, shoebill stork
• AH 1396/1976 5 pounds, wildlife conservation, hippopotamus
• AH 1396/1976 100 pounds, wildlife conservation, oryx
• AH 1400/1980 5 ghirsh
• Coins and currency dated 1976