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500 Tomans - The Imperial Bank of Persia
| Issuer | Imperial Bank of Persia |
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| Year | 1890-1923 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate multicolour design in green, red, and black on an intricate guilloche underprint, with four corner cartouches bearing the denomination numeral in Persian script. A central ogival medallion carries the denomination پانصد تومان in bold Persian lettering against a red diaper-patterned ground. To the left, an oval intaglio vignette shows the Persian imperial lion-and-sun emblem with a crown above, accompanied by a Persian payability inscription; to the right, an oval portrait vignette presents a uniformed Persian dignitary in a fez with a white plume. The word CANCELLED is perforated across the lower centre, with manuscript signature positions and handwritten notations at top. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green intaglio on plain paper, the reverse is dominated by a large oval guilloche border enclosing a central vignette of the Persian imperial lion passant with a rising sun and laurel wreath, framed by two serial number positions reading K/A 00000. The arched legend THE IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIA runs above the central oval and FIVE HUNDRED TOMANS curves along the lower arc, while the denomination 500 appears in large numerals at each corner within elaborate scrollwork cartouches. The inscription PAYABLE AT TEHERAN ONLY. is typeset across the top margin, with the printer's imprint of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | THE IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIA FIVE HUNDRED TOMANS 500 PAYABLE AT TEHERAN ONLY. |
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