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Iran

The Central Bank of Iran has released a new 100,000-rial note. Issued on 22 June 2010, the size of this note is 166 mm x 79 mm, light olive in colour and signed by Hosseini-Bahmani. On the front is a portrait of Ayattolah Khomeini and on the back the tomb of the famed 13th century Persian poet Saadi at Sadiyeh-Shiraz. The watermark is a portrait of Imam Khomeini.

[Submitted by Dr. S. Kazem Ahadi and Claudio Marana — June 2010]


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