Iranian rial banknotes

Iranian rial banknotes are the banknotes of the Iranian rial, the currency of Iran. They are issued by the Central Bank of Iran, each bearing the signature of the President of the Iranian Central Bank. The 100, 200 and 500 rial banknotes are becoming increasingly uncommon; shopkeepers habitually give out small packages of gum in lieu of the last 500 rials of change. For day to day means people will carry wards of 100,000's. It was reported by US media that Iranian Rial banknotes are printed in Europe.

Specification

Current Series
Image		Value	Dimensions (millimetres)	Main Colour		Description
Obverse	Reverse					Obverse	Reverse
		100	130 X 67		Purple	Hassan Modarres	Old building of Islamic Consultative Assembly
		200	136 X 69		Green	Jame' Mosque of Yazd	Jahad-e Sazandegi (جهاد سازندگی)
		500	142 X 71		Gray-Green	Friday prayers	University of Tehran main entrance
		1,000	148 X 73		Brown	Ruhollah Khomeini	Dome of the Rock
		2,000	151 X 74		Onion-skin purple	Ruhollah Khomeini	Kaaba
		5,000	154 x 75		Brown-Olive	Ruhollah Khomeini	Omid satellite
		10,000	160 x 77		Green	Ruhollah Khomeini	Mount Damavand
		20,000	163 X 78		Blue	Ruhollah Khomeini	Naqsh-e Jahan Square
		50,000	166 X 79		Ochre	Ruhollah Khomeini	Map of Iran with Atom symbol, quote in Persian from the prophet Mohammed, and "Persian Gulf" in English
		100,000	166 X 79		Light olive greenish	Ruhollah Khomeini	Saadi's Mausoleum in Shiraz

See also

• Iranian rial
• Iranian qiran
• Iranian toman

500 riyal or 5 pahlavi on 1317 Persian calendar = 1938

External links

• Central Bank of Iran - Statistics
• Database of Persian banknotes