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10 000 Rials 1971 'light panel' issue

Issuer Bank Markazi Iran
Year 1972-1973
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Central vignette of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in military uniform, set within an oval intaglio portrait against an intricate guilloche underprint in teal and pale blue. The bank title in Persian script appears in a decorative panel at the top centre, with the denomination ده هزار ریال in large Persian numerals to the right. Serial numbers in red appear in all four corners, with two manuscript signature facsimiles below the portrait to the right.
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Reverse description Central architectural vignette of the National Parliament Building (Majlis) in Tehran, rendered in teal intaglio with a neoclassical colonnade facade and flanking gateway. Frieze panels at the upper left and right corners display ancient Achaemenid relief motifs with horses and figures. The bank title BANK MARKAZI IRAN is lettered across the top in Roman script, with the denomination in Persian script at left and right, and RIALS 10000 in Roman numerals along the lower margin.
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