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250 Rials
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Year | 1992-2003 |
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| Value | 250 Rials (250 IRR) |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهوری اسلامی ايران ۲۵۰ ریال ١٣٨٢ |
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| Mintage | 1371 (1992) - ۱۳۷۱ - 1372 (1993) - ۱۳۷۲ - 1373 (1994) - ۱۳۷۳ - 1374 (1995) - ۱۳۷۴ - 1375 (1996) - ۱۳۷۵ - 1376 (1997) - ۱۳۷۶ - 1377 (1998) - ۱۳۷۷ - 1378 (1999) - ۱۳۷۸ - 1379 (2000) - ۱۳۷۹ - 1380 (2001) - ١٣٨٠ - 1381 (2002) - ۱۳۸۱ - 1382 (2003) - ۱۳۸۲ - |
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This bimetallic issue entered circulation as Iran was rebuilding its economy following the catastrophic drain of the 1980–1988 war with Iraq, during which the rial had lost a staggering proportion of its value. The denomination was part of a broader effort to rationalize coinage in the post-war period under President Rafsanjani's reconstruction government. Iran was among the earlier Middle Eastern states to adopt bimetallic technology for circulating coinage, a format then gaining popularity worldwide following its successful deployment in Italian lire issues of the 1980s.
The series ran across three presidential administrations without design modification — an unusual continuity for a republic that had changed coinage types repeatedly since the 1979 revolution.