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5000 Rials Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1975-1978 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK MARKAZI IRAN 5000 5000 5000 RIALS منظر کاخ گلستان |
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| Protection description | Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi portrait watermark |
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The 5,000 rial denomination was the highest value note in Iranian circulation during the final years of the Pahlavi regime, and its purchasing power made it effectively a wholesale instrument — seen in banks and major transactions, rarely handled in daily commerce. De La Rue had maintained a longstanding relationship with Bank Markazi through the 1960s and 1970s, producing much of the high-value end of the series.
Three signature combinations across this short issue reflect genuine institutional turbulence: Mehdi Bazargan, who appears on the 1978 pairing, would within months become the first Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic — an almost vertiginous transition captured in the ink of a monarchist banknote.