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5 Rials Camp Amirabad
| Issuer | Amirabad Officers' Mess |
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| Year | 1942-1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain blue paper stock printed in black letterpress, framed by a dense sawtooth border running the full perimeter. Issuer name at top, denomination numeral in parentheses at right centre, and value in words at foot, all in plain serif type with no vignette or underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | AMIRABAD OFFICERS' MESS Bar Coupon (5) FIVE RIALS |
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Camp Amirabad, north of Tehran, served as a major Allied installation during the joint Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran — the same occupation that forced Reza Shah's abdication in 1941. The Officers' Mess scrip issued there was an internal currency, circulating only within the camp economy to control spending and prevent local currency from leaking out of the base.
Blue paper was a deliberate security choice for mess scrip of this type, distinguishing denominations at a glance and complicating casual counterfeiting. These notes were never intended to survive the war.