Catalog
20 Rials Type 1 Overprint
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Currency | Second Rial (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Brown on orange, lilac and multicolour underprint. Central vignette of a Persian carpet design with a shepherd and ram; the Shah's portrait at right is obscured by a solid arabesque overprint applied following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Guilloche patterns and floral ornamental borders frame the composition throughout. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red on white paper, the reverse carries a large intaglio vignette of the Amir Kabir Dam near Karaj, set within a dramatic mountain gorge with the dam wall, penstocks, and powerhouse rendered in fine line engraving. Ornate floral cornerpieces and guilloche border panels frame the design, with the denomination numeral '20' in star medallions at each corner. |
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| Signature(s) | Hasan Ali Mehran & Hushang Ansari Denomination on front in "short" Farsi Hasan Ali Mehran & Hushang Ansari Denomination on front in "long" Farsi Hasan Ali Mehran & Hushang Ansari Denomination on front in "long" Farsi Yussef Khoshkish & Mohammad Yeganeh Denomination on front in "long" Farsi Hasan Ali Mehran & Mohammad Yeganeh Denomination on front in "long" Farsi |
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