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| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1938-1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. Three-quarter-face portrait of Shah Reza Pahlavi without cap at right, rendered in intaglio against an elaborate guilloche underprint. The bank title and denomination appear in Persian script, with the Iranian Solar Hijri date 1317 inscribed below. |
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| Reverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. A finely engraved central vignette presents Mount Damavand rising above a rural landscape with a building and scattered trees in the foreground, enclosed within an ornate floral and arabesque border. The bank title in large Persian nastaliq script arcs across the upper portion, with denomination panels in each corner and additional Persian inscriptions at the lower centre. |
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| Variants | P#38Aa - Western serial # P#38Ab - Persian serial # without stamp on back P#38Ac - stamp on back with date SH1319 P#38Ad - red stamp on back with date SH1320 P#38Ae - red stamp on back with date SH1321 |
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