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100 Rials
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents the Chahār Bāgh Madrasa (Madrasa Madar-i Shah) in Isfahan, a celebrated 17th–18th century theological complex known as the School of the Four Gardens, rendered in fine architectural detail. The composition is framed by guilloche borders with the issuing authority and denomination inscribed in Persian and Latin scripts. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
The P#135 series was introduced after the 1979 revolution required a systematic overhaul of Iranian currency — existing notes carried imagery of the Shah, making them politically untenable. That De La Rue in London continued printing for the Islamic Republic in the early 1980s, despite the dramatic rupture in Iran's Western relationships, reflects how few alternatives existed for high-quality intaglio banknote production at the time.
The watermark is the sole security feature — modest by the standards of what De La Rue could produce, suggesting either cost constraints or a deliberately abbreviated specification from the issuing authority.