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100 Rials Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1964-1965 |
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| Currency | Second Rial (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in military uniform at right, set against an elaborate guilloche underprint in pink and olive tones with intricate geometric and floral arabesque patterning at centre. The issuing authority cartouche in Persian script appears at top centre, with the denomination صد ریال rendered in large calligraphic script over the central guilloche medallion. Four serial numbers in red are positioned at the corners, and the entire design is enclosed within a finely engraved decorative border. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of the Abadan Oil Refinery complex occupies the central field, rendered in deep rose-carmine with fine engraved linework conveying the sprawling industrial architecture of towers, pipelines, and processing units. The bank name BANK MARKAZI IRAN is inscribed in Latin script within a scalloped cartouche at the top, while the denomination RIALS 100 appears along the bottom margin in Latin characters, flanked by صد ریال in Persian at the corners. The Persian caption پالایشگاه آبادان identifying the refinery is printed below the central vignette, and the whole composition is framed by an ornate guilloche border. |
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Harrison & Sons held the Bank Markazi contract through much of the Pahlavi period, printing successive signature varieties as governors changed — P#80 runs across two fiscal years and encompasses at least three known signature combinations, making date-letter attribution the primary challenge for series specialists. The watermark used here is integral to the paper, not applied post-print, which is worth noting given how frequently trimmed or washed examples circulate in this series.