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100 Rials Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Size | 142 × 71 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Pahlavi Museum (Golestan-adjacent pavilion) rendered in fine intaglio line engraving, occupying the centre-left field with a domed roof and arched windows, flanked by trees and mountain scenery in the background. The legend BANK MARKAZI IRAN runs along the top in Latin script, with the denomination numerals 100 in the upper corners and the value inscription 100 RIALS in the lower right. The Persian inscription موزه پهلوی appears at the lower left of the building vignette, and decorative floral motifs fill the lower corners. |
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| Protection description | Young Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi portrait watermark. |
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By 1975, Thomas De La Rue had been printing Iranian currency for decades, and the P#102 series reflects that long institutional relationship — the engraving quality is notably high even by De La Rue's own standards of the period. Bank Markazi Iran was itself a relatively young institution, having replaced Bank Melli's central banking functions only in 1960, and the 1970s issues represent the apex of the Pahlavi-era monetary program before the revolutionary disruptions of 1978–79 forced a complete rethinking of Iranian note design and issuance.
Post-revolution, many of these notes were overprinted to obscure the Shah's image — surviving unaltered examples predate that intervention.