Catalog
50 Rials Provisional Issue, Type 2
| 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 | Green on multicolor underprint with guilloche patterning; the central Shah portrait vignette is obliterated by an arabesque overprint, and a lion-and-sun device covers the watermark area. Two red serial numbers are printed on the face, with a Persian carpet design forming the primary decorative ground, accented by floral vignettes at lower left. A black embedded security thread runs vertically through the note. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, light blue, and multicolor underprint, with the central vignette presenting the Tomb of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae rendered in fine intaglio line work against a sparse landscape. A stylized ibex figure appears at left, and a decorative floral cluster is positioned at lower right. Denomination numerals are set within guilloche cartouches at upper left and upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | Bank Markazi Iran 50 Rials (Translation: Central Bank of Iran 50 Rials) |
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