Catalog
10 Rials - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1948-1951 |
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| Currency | Second Rial (1932-date) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. |
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| Comments |
Bank Melli Iran had relied on British printing firms almost continuously since its founding in 1928, and this series is no exception. Harrison & Sons' intaglio work for Iranian issues of this period is competent but unremarkable — the firm was simultaneously handling British colonial currency across three continents, and Iran was one account among many.
Pick 47 spans a three-year window that includes the early turbulence of the oil nationalization crisis, which would peak in 1951 with Mosaddegh's takeover of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Notes from the tail end of this issue circulated during a period of acute economic pressure and public distrust of the government's financial institutions.