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500 Rials Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1938-1942 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print on a pink guilloche underprint, with the right half dominated by a bust portrait of Reza Shah Pahlavi in military uniform, facing left. At centre, an ornate circular vignette contains the imperial Lion and Sun emblem, surrounded by floral arabesque ornamentation and flanked on each side by a standing Achaemenid guardian figure. Serial numbers appear in red at upper left, upper right, and lower corners, with the denomination and bank inscriptions in Persian script distributed across the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | بانک ملی ایران تصویر رضا شاه پانصد ریال پنج پهلوی (Translation: Bank Melli Iran Portrait Shah Reza Lion and sun Five Pahlavi) |
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| Reverse lettering | مقبره کورش بزرگ در پاسارگاد (Translation: Persian text tomb of Cyrus the Great at Pasargadae.) |
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