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50 Rials Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1974-1978 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on a multicolour underprint, the obverse carries an intaglio portrait of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in military uniform at right, rendered in fine engraved line work. The centre and left fields are occupied by an intricate guilloche underprint with floral and geometric medallion motifs, including a decorative Persian ewer vignette at lower centre. The bank title in Persian script runs along the top border, flanked by numeral 50 denominators at each corner, with two manuscript facsimile signatures and their titles appearing in the central field. |
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| Signature(s) | Mohammad Yeganeh & Dr. Jamshid Amouzegar Mohammad Yeganeh & Hushang Ansari Hasan Ali Mehran & Hushang Ansari Hasan Ali Mehran & Mohammad Yeganeh Yussef Khoshkish & Mohammad Yeganeh |
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Five signature combinations span this single Pick number, reflecting the rapid ministerial turnover through Bank Markazi's senior ranks during the final years of Pahlavi rule. Amouzegar, who held the finance portfolio before becoming Prime Minister in 1977, appears on two pairings — his departure from the ministry coinciding with escalating political pressure that would culminate in the 1979 revolution.
De La Rue's contract for Iranian banknotes continued uninterrupted through this period, the notes themselves giving no visible indication of the institutional turbulence behind each new signature pairing.