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10 Rials - Rezā Pahlavī 3rd. portrait, French text on reverse
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1936-1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Purple on multicolour underprint. At right, a three-quarter-face portrait of Shah Reza Pahlavi turned towards the left, bareheaded. The vignette is set against an intricate guilloche underprint pattern with the bank name and denomination inscribed in Persian script. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 RIALS BANQUE MELLIÉ IRAN (Translation: 10 Rials / Bank Melli Iran) |
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Two Pick numbers cover this type because the series ran across two distinct signature combinations — P#31 and P#33 reflect ministerial changes at Bank Melli rather than any redesign or reissue. The French reverse text was a deliberate policy choice: Reza Shah's modernization program positioned French as the international commercial language, and its appearance on Iranian currency signaled the state's ambitions toward European economic integration as much as it served any practical banking function.
De La Rue's involvement dates to the founding of Bank Melli in 1928, when Iran moved away from the Imperial Bank of Persia's note monopoly. This note falls within that early contract period.