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| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1934-1935 |
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| Value | 50 Rials (50 IRR) |
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| Obverse description | Olive on multicolour underprint. Three-quarter-face portrait of Shah Reza Pahlavi wearing a high military cap at left, with a vignette of Chehel Sotoun (Palace of the Forty Columns, Isfahan) at centre. The design is framed by an intricate guilloche border with denomination numerals at the corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | بانک ملی ایران پنجاه ریال (Translation: Bank Melli Iran Fifty Rials) |
| Reverse description | Printed in olive. A central circular vignette displays the Iranian Imperial Coat of Arms — the Lion and Sun motif with a crowned lion holding a sword — set within an elaborate guilloche surround. The denomination in Persian script appears flanking the central vignette at left and right, with numeral 50 counters at each corner. The printer's imprint reads "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY" at the bottom margin. |
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