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500.000 Rials
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | This is not a standard circulation banknote but rather a Bank Melli Iran cheque (traveller's or cashier's cheque) for 500,000 Rials, printed on cream paper with a red decorative guilloche border. The central vignette to the right bears a large green mythological creature (a simurgh or dragon figure), with a blue circular bank validation stamp overlaid diagonally across the face. The denomination '500000' appears at upper right in numerals, with Persian script legends identifying the issuing bank and branch, and the value repeated in English as 'FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND RIALS' along the right margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | بانک ملی ایران نام و نام خانوادگی فرزند شماره شناسنامه صادره متولد شماره مسلسل گواهینامه کدرانما شماره حساب مبلغ |
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Bank Melli Iran has issued high-denomination rials continuously as chronic inflation eroded purchasing power across the post-revolutionary decades. By 2000, 500,000 rials — while a striking number on paper — represented a relatively modest sum in real terms, roughly equivalent to a few days' average wages at the time.
The Pick catalog reference remains unassigned or unconfirmed for this specific note, which complicates attribution. Collectors should verify series letters and signature combinations carefully, as multiple varieties circulated within the same nominal year of issue.