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Auction: 24038 - The Dr. Martin M Mortazavi Collection of Persian Banknotes
Lot: 47

(x) Bank Melli, Iran, [Top Pop] Specimen uncut pair 20 Rials, ND (1934 / AH1313), serial number 00000,
the front of the banknotes is printed in a vibrant red with pale yellow, blue, green and purple hues. Central to these banknotes is a portrait of Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, pictured wearing a Pahlavi hat. On either side of this portrait, within the guilloches, SPECIMEN has been stamped in a deep blue below the serial numbers. Farsi text appears on the front of the design as well as on the back of each note. Additionally, on the back of this pair the coat of arms with the crown, sun, lion and sword are observable at the centre of vivid red designs. The Solar Hijri (SH) year appears in Arabic/Persian numbers on the back of the notes as an overprint. The denominations of the banknotes is also exhibited on all four corners,

(Pick 26a1s BNB 109 for the type), in PMG holder 65 EPQ Gem Uncirculated, single finest graded on PMG Census

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