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20 Rials
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1974-1979 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown on orange, lilac and multicolour underprint, with intricate guilloche patterning throughout. The central vignette incorporates a traditional Persian carpet design with a pastoral scene of a shepherd and ram. Portrait of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi appears at right in intaglio, set against the decorative underprint field. |
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| Reverse description | Terracotta-brown on white paper, centred on a large intaglio vignette of the Amir Kabir (Karaj) Dam set within a rocky mountain gorge, with the powerhouse structure visible at the base of the dam wall and a reservoir receding into the distance. The bank title "BANK MARKAZI IRAN" runs in Roman script across the top, with the denomination "20 RIALS" in an ornamental cartouche at bottom centre, flanked by floral arabesques. Numeral "20" appears in star-shaped panels at the upper and lower corners, with Farsi denomination inscriptions in the lateral star medallions. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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