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1000 Rials - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran (National Bank of Iran) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Currency | Second Rial (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-center vignette of a young Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in military uniform, set within an ornate guilloche border. To the upper-left, a mythological winged lion (Homa bird) vignette appears above a central arabesque medallion bearing the denomination inscription in Persian script. The four corners carry the numeral '1000' in a floral underprint, with the bank title in large Nastaliq script across the upper field and two identical serial numbers printed in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | بانک ملی ایران یک هزار ریال .هر کس اسکناس بانک ملی ایران را جعل کند یا با علم بجعل و تزویر استعمال یا داخل مملکت نماید طبق ماده 98 قانون مجازات عمومی بحبس با اعمال شاقه تا 15 سال محکوم خواهد شد (Translation: National Bank of Iran One thousand Rials Anybody who counterfeits a bank note of National Bank of Iran, or uses or imports it into the country knowing the note is fake, will be sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in jail with hard labor according to item 98 of the general criminal law.) |
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Bank Melli Iran issued this series during the joint Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran, which had begun in August 1941 following the forced abdication of Reza Shah. The new high denomination was partly a response to wartime inflationary pressure — Allied military expenditure in-country was eroding purchasing power faster than the existing note supply could manage. Harrison and Sons had been printing Iranian notes since the 1930s, and the wartime relationship continued despite the logistical complications of supplying a country under occupation.
The young Mohammad Reza had been on the throne less than three years when this note entered circulation. His authority was, at this point, substantially constrained by the Allied presence.