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Auction: 18032 - World Banknotes
Lot: 1832

Iran, Bank Melli Iran, 2 pairs of uniface obverse and reverse plate colour die proofs for 20 and 50 rials, series of 1954, the 20 rials brown and described as 'Plate colour N0 .12' and 'No.9a', for the obverse and reverse, both sides with the printed date '20.10.54.', the obverse the three-quarter profile of Shah Pahlavi at right and the frieze of Darius at left, and the Bank Melli headquarteres on the reverse, the 50 rials green, 'Sp Green' printed on both sides, '30.7.54' pn the obverse, the reverse shows the Kuhrang Dam, both denominations signed by Nezam Al Din Emani and Ali Asghar Nasser,
(Pick 65pr and 66pr, TBB B155ap, B156ap), in PCGS Currency holders 50 About New (Stains), 55 Choice About New (Stains), 35 Very Fine (Stains, Pinholes), 45 Extremely Fine (Stains, Pinholes) respectively (2 pairs)

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