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| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1974-1979 |
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| In circulation to | 1979 |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in military uniform with epaulettes at right, facing three-quarters left. At centre-left, a polychrome vignette of a winged lion in the Achaemenid style, flanked by an ornate guilloche border with a blank cartouche at left. The issuer's name in Persian script (بانک مرکزی ایران) appears at top centre, with the denomination یک هزار ریال in Persian script at centre, above two facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Tomb of Hafez (Hafezieh) in Shiraz, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with cypress trees and formal gardens in the foreground. To the right, a large polychrome winged lion in the Achaemenid tradition stands on a guilloche underprint, with floral branch motifs above. The issuer name BANK MARKAZI IRAN is inscribed at top centre in Latin script, with the denomination 1000 RIALS in a banner cartouche at bottom centre. |
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| Protection description | the Shah's portrait visible when held to light |
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