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50 Tomans
| Issuer | Azerbaijan People's Government |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in blue on white paper, the obverse is framed by an intricate guilloche border enclosing six large circular rosette vignettes at the corners and midpoints of each side, each bearing the denomination numeral alongside Persian script. A central cartouche of fine floral arabesque ornament carries the issuing authority's legend in calligraphic Persian script, with two manuscript signatures in the lower centre accompanied by Persian role designations identifying the signatories. |
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| Reverse lettering | ۱. حکومت ملی آذربایجان این قرضهاوراقینی ضمانت ائدیر. ۲. بو اوراق موقابیلیندا آذربایجانین بوتون دوکانلاریندا مال آلینا بیلر. ۳. اوراقی قالپازانلیق ائتمک ایستهینلر محکمهیه وئریلیب ائدام جزاسینا چارپدیریلاجاقلار. |
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The Azerbaijan People's Government was a Soviet-backed separatist administration that controlled the northwestern Iranian province of Azerbaijan for roughly a year, from late 1945 until December 1946, when Iranian central government forces retook the region following Soviet troop withdrawal. These notes were issued during that brief window as the autonomous government attempted to establish parallel administrative and economic structures distinct from Tehran.
P#S106 is among the more elusive denominations from this short-lived series. The issuing authority collapsed so rapidly that much of the currency never achieved meaningful circulation, yet survival rates are uneven — political upheaval rarely favors organized preservation.