500 Rials Provisional Issue, Type 2

Issuer	Bank Markazi Iran (Central Bank of Iran)
Year	1979
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Printer	De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)
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Reverse description	Dark-brown and green on orange and multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents a relief of the Marlik goblet, its decorative frieze of winged bulls flanking a stylised tree rendered in intaglio. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear in both Persian and Latin scripts within bordering guilloche panels.
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Signature(s)	Overprint on IRAN P-104b 6-pointed stars in design below portrait - Hasan Ali Mehran & Hushang Ansari Overprint on IRAN P-104d Diamond design below portrait - Yussef Khoshkish & Mohammad Yeganeh
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Protection description	Young Shah Pahlavi portrait watermark, obscured by Lion and Sun overprint applied during the provisional issue
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