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100 Rials Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Value | 100 Rials (100 IRR) |
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| Obverse description | Purple intaglio printing on multicolor guilloche underprint in green and yellow. A central vignette presents the ruins of Persepolis (Takht-e Jamshid) framed by ornate latticework, with the numeral 100 in large Persian script at left. A circular portrait medallion at right bears a three-quarter-face bust of Reza Shah Pahlavi wearing his military cap, enclosed within an elaborate geometric border; the bank title بانک ملی ایران appears at top and serial number repeated at bottom. |
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| Reverse description | Brown intaglio on cream paper, with an overall geometric guilloche framework. At upper centre, the bank title بانک ملی ایران is set within a foliate cartouche; a large central medallion carries the numeral ۱۰۰ in Persian digits over an intricate lathe-work background. A circular vignette at right contains the Imperial Lion-and-Sun emblem surmounted by a crown, while a matching circular panel at left bears the inscription صد ریال. The denomination 100 appears in Western numerals in each corner, and the date stamp in Solar Hijri is printed at lower centre; the imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY runs along the bottom margin. |
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Bank Melli Iran was established in 1927 to replace the British-controlled Imperial Bank of Persia as the country's note-issuing authority — a deliberate assertion of financial independence under Reza Shah. By the time this 100 Rial note was issued in 1935, the country had just been officially renamed from Persia to Iran, and the redesigned currency series was part of that broader rebranding effort.
The American Bank Note Company secured the printing contract over European competitors, an unusual alignment westward for a country that had previously relied on British printing infrastructure. Two catalog varieties exist under P#28 and P#28A, distinguished by signature combinations reflecting changes in bank management during that period.