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20 000 Rials Large portrait
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Year | 2004-2005 |
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| Reference(s) | P#147 |
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| Obverse lettering | بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران بیست هزار ریال وزیر اقتصادی و دارایی رئیس کل |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Iran's large-portrait series was introduced as part of a broader effort to modernize security features after years of successful counterfeiting operations targeting the earlier issues. The 20,000 Rial denomination, when it appeared in this format, was a significant face value in everyday circulation — by the mid-2000s, inflation had thoroughly eroded smaller notes into near-irrelevance for most transactions.
The watermark remains the primary security element, which reflects how relatively modest the anti-counterfeiting investment was for this series compared to contemporaneous issues from neighboring central banks. Cotton substrate is standard for Iranian notes of this period.