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10 Rials USASTRATCOM Restaurant
| Issuer | USASTRATCOM Facility Tehran Restaurant |
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| Year | 1960-1979 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress print in black on grey paper stock, divided into two panels: the left panel carries the facility and restaurant inscriptions above a red serial number, with a warning notice at lower left; the right panel displays the denomination numeral in bold within a bordered box. Punched cancellation holes visible across the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | USASTRATCOM FACILITY TEHRAN RESTAURANT NOT GOOD IF DETACHED 10 RIALS |
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USASTRATCOM — United States Army Strategic Communications Command — maintained a significant presence in Iran under the Pahlavi government, operating facilities that included on-base dining services. Scrip of this type was issued internally to control purchasing within those facilities, keeping dollar currency off the local economy in compliance with Status of Forces Agreement obligations. The Tehran restaurant scrip series is genuinely uncommon; most was redeemed, voided, or destroyed well before the 1979 revolution forced a rapid U.S. withdrawal.
Grey paper canteen scrip rarely survives in quantity. The evacuation left little time for orderly redemption procedures.