{"product_id":"elephant-banknote-rich-purple-color-from-south-sudan-in-africa","title":"Elephant Banknote, Rich Purple Color, from South Sudan in Africa!","description":"\u003ch3\u003e, Banknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Garang\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDr. John Garang de Mabior\u003c\/a\u003e; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinka_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDinka\u003c\/a\u003e warrior spear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e Four \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_elephant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eelephants\u003c\/a\u003e on grassland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark purple on multishade light purple and orange underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of Dr. John G. de Mabior; electrotype \"50\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142 × 72 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bank_of_South_Sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBank of South Sudan\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e, London, United Kingdom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dier Tong Ngor (DTN), Governor; Salvatore Garang Mabiordit (SGM), Minister of Finance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e —\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouth Sudan\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAnglo-Egyptian Sudan\u003c\/a\u003e (1899–1956)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRepublic of Sudan\u003c\/a\u003e (1956–2011)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepublic of South Sudan (2011–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThink about what a brand-new country puts on its very first banknotes. It's not an accident. It's a statement. And South Sudan chose two things: the face of its liberation hero, and elephants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhen Elephants on Your Money Says: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This Land is Wild, Vast, and Finally, Finally…\u003cem\u003eOurs\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_ua7qq_109\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe elephant on this note isn't just wildlife. It's a claim. The south of Sudan was always (more) black, Christian and animist, with native languages other than Arabic... \"African\". The north was Muslim, Arabic-speaking, lighter-skinned, and saw themselves as part of the greater Arab and Muslim worlds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_ua7qq_109\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, the south was governed by an Arab-dominated government in Khartoum that viewed the south's land, resources, and people as things to be exploited or eliminated. Two civil wars. Slavery. Aerial bombardment of villages. Deliberate famine as a weapon. The oil was in the south — the profits went north.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_ua7qq_109\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when South Sudan gained its independence and put elephants on its first currency — an iconically \u003cem\u003eAfrican\u003c\/em\u003e animal roaming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003etheir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e land, the Sudd, the savanna, the Nile basin — there's a subtext that goes well beyond wildlife conservation. It's saying: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis land, with everything on it and in it, belongs to us now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The elephants weren't just surviving the wars — they were there before the \"Arab\" Sudanese controlled South Sudan, and they're still there afterwards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/African_bush_elephant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfrican elephant\u003c\/a\u003e isn't just wildlife here — it's woven into the identity of the land. South Sudan's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudd\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSudd\u003c\/a\u003e, one of the world's largest wetlands, and the vast savanna of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boma_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBoma National Park\u003c\/a\u003e host one of the last great elephant migrations on the continent — tens of thousands of animals moving in seasonal patterns that predate any border drawn on any map. During the civil war years, poaching devastated elephant populations across the region. Putting four elephants on the 50-pound note was, among other things, a declaration: this is ours, and we intend to keep it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSouth Sudan: The World's Newest Nation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouth Sudan\u003c\/a\u003e became the world's newest internationally recognized country on 9 July 2011, after seceding from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sudan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSudan\u003c\/a\u003e following a referendum in which 98.8% voted for independence. The country had endured two devastating civil wars spanning nearly five decades. Independence brought hope — but also almost immediate crisis: a brutal \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Sudanese_Civil_War\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecivil war\u003c\/a\u003e erupted in 2013, displacing millions and triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Sudanese_pound\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouth Sudanese pound\u003c\/a\u003e has suffered severe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003einflation\u003c\/a\u003e as a result, making earlier issues of these notes increasingly scarce in uncirculated condition — and more collectible for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51827566674231,"sku":"SS14dU-L2","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/14-zoom.png?v=1774649639","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/elephant-banknote-rich-purple-color-from-south-sudan-in-africa","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}