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50 Tomans
| Issuer | Imperial Bank of Persia |
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| Year | 1890-1923 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour print with intricate guilloche underprint. Portrait of Shah Nasr ad-Din at right, with the Imperial coat of arms (Lion and Sun) at left. Persian inscriptions identify the issuing bank and denomination, with an overprint noting the branch of payment. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in olive-green, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche framework with four large rosette vignettes in the corners and a central oval vignette bearing the Persian Imperial coat of arms — the Lion with sword beneath a rising sun — framed by laurel branches. The denomination numeral 50 appears in each corner, with the bank title arching across the upper portion and the denomination in words along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | THE IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIA FIFTY TOMANS |
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