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5 Rials Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Melli Iran |
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| Year | 1932 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | بانک ملی ایران ۵ ریال |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark green intaglio on plain paper. The Iranian imperial coat of arms — the Lion and Sun vignette surmounted by the Pahlavi crown — occupies a circular medallion at left, enclosed within a dotted border. To the right, the denomination in Persian words is set within an elaborate guilloche cartouche, with the bank name in Persian script at upper right and numeral 5 repeated in the four corners. The printer's imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.' appears at the bottom margin. |
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Bank Melli Iran was established in 1927 as part of Reza Shah's drive to replace the British-controlled Imperial Bank of Persia as the country's note-issuing authority. This 5 Rials note belongs to the earliest series issued under the new national bank — a politically charged transition that stripped a foreign concession-holder of its monopoly for the first time.
The American Bank Note Company contract was a deliberate choice: neither British nor Soviet, consistent with Reza Shah's policy of balancing great-power influence through selective engagement with American firms. ABNC printed the bulk of Bank Melli's early issues through the 1930s.