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100 Rials Overprint
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Maroon and multicolour. The Niavaran Palace (Pahlavi Museum) is rendered as the central vignette, with the building presented in a three-quarter frontal elevation set against a landscape background. Floral sprays appear in the lower right corner and along the left margin, with ornate scroll-work framing the composition at the upper corners. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This note is a transitional issue produced immediately after the 1979 revolution: an existing Shah-era 100 Rials printed by De La Rue had the royal imagery obscured by overprint rather than replaced with an entirely new design. The provisional measure bought time while the new Islamic Republic established its own iconographic vocabulary for currency. Several overprint variants exist for this period, distinguished by the precise placement and typography of the applied text — P#112B represents one configuration within that short-lived series.
De La Rue had supplied Iran's banknotes for decades under the Pahlavi government. The revolutionary authorities continued using the same printer, at least temporarily.