Green and grey engraving gives the 500 Pounds a restrained, late-series gravity, carrying Dr. John Garang de Mabior into South Sudan’s 2024 high-denomination issue.

Design & Symbolism

Obverse

The obverse keeps Dr. John Garang de Mabior as the central portrait figure, with the Dinka warrior spear, Bank of South Sudan text, large 500 numerals and the 2024 date placed at the lower right. The design follows the earlier South Sudanese pound visual language, but the denomination wording now reads South Sudan Pounds, marking a subtle textual shift within the currency’s evolving identity.

Reverse

The reverse shows Juba Nile Bridge over the White Nile, with a broad river landscape and distant highland forms set behind the denomination. This image moves the note from wildlife and resource imagery toward infrastructure and national connection, presenting the bridge as a symbol of movement, crossing and territorial cohesion.

Collector’s Insight

For collectors, this 500 Pounds note belongs to South Sudan’s 2024 South Sudan Pounds issue and is distinguished by the James Alic Garang and Dhieu Mathok Ding Wol signature combination, the BW-BY prefix range and the revised denomination wording. It carries a windowed security thread with repeated BSS 500, a John Garang watermark with electrotype 500 and cornerstones, and a reverse view of Juba Nile Bridge, making it an important late high-denomination type within South Sudan’s early paper currency history.

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