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5 Rials QRM Club
| Issuer | QRM Club, USASTRATCOM Facility, Tehran |
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| Year | 1960-1979 |
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| Currency | Second Rial (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress print in black on grey paper; club name and facility inscriptions arranged in three lines at upper centre, with denomination numeral '5' in a ruled box at right. Red typeset serial number at centre; perforated detachment warning at left margin reads 'NOT GOOD IF DETACHED'. |
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| Protection description | Vertical row of punch-hole perforations along the right edge, serving as a detachment control feature; note is invalid if separated. |
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QRM Club notes were scrip issued for use within the United States Strategic Air Command facility in Tehran during the Pahlavi era — internal canteen or club currency, not legal tender in any jurisdiction. "QRM" is ham radio shorthand for interference or jamming, which suggests the facility had a signals or communications component, though the exact operational character of the site is not publicly documented.
The perforation security feature is characteristic of low-volume scrip runs where full intaglio printing was unnecessary. These notes circulated in a closed loop and were never meant to leave the compound.