According to an Iran Front Page article dated 2 January 2019, the Central Bank of Iran has unveiled a new 500,000-rial note (B296a) design. The new note is similar to the same denomination issued in 2014 (B294a), but orange in color, repositioned vignettes on front, and Mount Damavand on back.Read More…
Like B289c, but new signatures (Hemmati/Karbasian). Courtesy of Sabine Leuenberger (collect-unc-currency on eBay) and Fariborz Adib.Read More…
Like B286b, but new signatures (Seif/Tayebnia). Prefix 37/33.Courtesy of Jean-Michel Engels.Read More…
Like B287a, but new signatures (Seif/Karbasian).Courtesy of Afshin Sadri.Read More…
Like B295a, but new signatures (Seif/Karbasian).Courtesy of Afshin Sadri.Read More…
Like B289b, but new signature (Seif/Karbasian). Courtesy of Sabine Leuenberger (collect-unc-currency on eBay).Read More…
According to a Financial Tribune article dated 3 April 2017, Valiollah Seif, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran, said the CBI has sent a bill to the government requesting the removal of a zero from the currency to reflect the public’s use of the term “toman” to referRead More…
According to a press release dated 9 February 2017, the Central Bank of Iran plans to introduce a new 10,000-rial note in June 2017. The note is reduced in size, and features the large number 1 as registration device, perhaps in preparation for the eventual revaluation of the rial. CourtesyRead More…
According to an article on DW dated 7 December 2016, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s government proposed changing the name and denomination of the country’s official currency from the rial to the toman. With 1 toman equal 10 rials, this would effectively remove a single zero from prices, making transactions slightlyRead More…