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20 Tomans

Issuer Imperial Bank of Persia
Year 1890-1923
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Value 20 Toman (200)
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Obverse description Multicolour letterpress and intaglio print. Portrait vignette of Shah Nasr ad-Din at right, with the Lion and Sun coat of arms at left. Persian inscriptions including the bank name and denomination are arranged across the note, with a guilloche underprint and an overprint indicating the place of payment.
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Reverse description Printed in brown-orange on a cream paper ground. The central vignette comprises the Imperial Iranian coat of arms — the Lion and Sun within a wreath — set within a horizontal oval panel framed by elaborate guilloche rosettes. Denomination numerals "20" appear in all four corners, with the bank name arched above and the value legend curved below the central vignette.
Reverse lettering THE IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIA
TWENTY TOMANS
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