This interesting engraving appears on the front of B114, the 1,000-rial note of 1934. The image—described in SCWPM as “warrior killing fabulous creature”—also appears on the date stamps of subsequent issues.IDENTIFIED: Darius the Great stabbing Ahriman monster from stone relief at Persepolis. Courtesy of Raphael.Read More…
According to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek article dated 16 June 2010, the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a new 100,000-rial (US$10) note on 22 June. Governor Mahmoud Bahmani said the bank will print at least 150 million of the new notes, though he promised it won’t increaseRead More…
Like B280e, but new signatures (Sheibani/Danesh-Jafari). Intro: March 2010. Courtesy of Ali Nasseri.Read More…
Like B288b, but new signatures (Mazaheri/Hosseini). Intro: March 2010. Courtesy of Ali Nasseri and Aminoroaaya.Read More…
Like B278e, but new signatures (Mazaheri/Danesh-Jafari). Intro: March 2010. Courtesy of Ali Nasseri and Aminoroaaya.Read More…
1,000,000 rials (US$101.15), no date. Introduced 2010. Like million-rial cheque (B292a) issued by the Central Bank of Iran in 2008, but new color scheme and signatures. Courtesy of Ricardo Castedo.Read More…
According to a PressTV article dated 23 March 2010, “The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will issue new 100,000-rial [US$10.11] banknotes within four months, says CBI Head Mahmoud Bahmani. ‘We have ordered 100,000-rial banknotes to be printed and people will get these notes within four months,’ said Bahmani on Monday,Read More…
Like B279c, but new signatures (Bahmani/Hosseini). Courtesy of banknoteshop@gmx.net.Read More…
B286 (PNL): 20,000 rials (US$0.75) Blue and green. Front: Farsi text; Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Back: English and Farsi text; Al-Aqsa Mosque building in Jerusalem. Windowed security thread with demetalized stylized sun. Watermark: Ruhollah Khomeini. Printer: (TAKAB). 163 x 78 mm. Paper. a. No date. Sig. 29: Bahmani/Hosseini. Crescent on domeRead More…
Like B279b, but new signatures (Mazaheri/Hosseini).Courtesy of Rui Manuel Palhares and Ali Nasseri.Read More…