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50 Rials Revolution
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ۵۰ ریال جمهوری اسلامی ایران |
| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized tulip in full bloom, a symbol of martyrdom and the Islamic Revolution, rendered in a bold graphic style with radiating petals filling the inner field. The tulip motif is surrounded by an ornate border of interlaced floral and arabesque scrollwork encircling the entire design. Below the tulip, the inscription سالگرد انقلاب اسلامی ایران (Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran) appears in two lines, with the Persian calendar date ۱۳۶۷ (1367 / 1988) beneath it. |
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Issued in the final months of the Iran-Iraq War, this coin entered circulation just as the Islamic Republic accepted UN Security Council Resolution 598 — the ceasefire Khomeini famously described as "more deadly than taking poison." The economy had been gutted by eight years of war, and coinage had become largely irrelevant in daily transactions as inflation stripped purchasing power from smaller denominations.
KM#1252 is sometimes confused with transitional issues from the earlier revolutionary period, but this type is firmly post-revolutionary in its mint authority — struck under the fully consolidated Central Bank structure established after the 1979 banking nationalizations.