20 000 Rials Ruhollah Khomeini; 1st. Issue - Large portrait

Features

Issuer	Iran
Issuing bank	Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران)
Period	Islamic Republic (1979-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2004-2005
Value	20 000 Rials 20 000 IRR = USD 0.015
Currency	Second Rial (1932-date)
Composition	Paper (Material: 100% cotton)
Size	163 × 78 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	14 March 2004
Number	N# 204982
References	P# 147 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 284 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Blue and green on multicolor underprint.
Large portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Script: Persian

Lettering:
بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
بیست هزار ریال

Translation:
Central bank of Islamic Republic of Iran
Twenty Thousand Rials

Reverse

Blue, purple and green print.
Nghshe-Jahan Square at center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTRAL BANK OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

TWENTY THOUSAND RIALS

Watermark

Portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Signatures

Ebrahim Sheibani (ES)	President
Tahmaseb Mazaheri (TM)	President
Safdar Hosseini "small" (SH"₁)	Minister of Economic Affairs
Safdar Hosseini "large" (SH"₂)	Minister of Economic Affairs

Printer

Security Paper Mill (کارخانه تولید کاغذ اسناد بهادار, TAKAB), Āmol, Iran (2002-date)

Comments

Printed by the Security Printing and Minting Organization (SPMO) of Iran
https://www.cbi.ir/page/15734.aspx

Additional data and security features at the website of Iran's Central Bank
https://www.cbi.ir/page/1440.aspx

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Date	Signatures	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (2004)	ES, TM	$ 6.70	P# 147a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 284a Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).		33%
ND (2004-2005)	ES, SH"₁	$ 2.40	P# 147b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 284b Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	Safdar Hosseini (12 mm wide).	25%
ND (2004-2005)	ES, SH"₂	$ 4.40	P# 147c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 284c Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	Safdar Hosseini (16 mm wide).	36%

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