20 Rials Bank Meli 1948 PMG 66 Gem UNC (551)

Description

Series: Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī; Reduced sizes (ND 1948-1951)

Obverse

Dark-brown, green and orange print.
Second portrait of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in army uniform at right; stylized building and ornate at center.

Script: Persian

Lettering:
بانک ملی ایران
بیست ریال
۲۰ ریال

Translation:
Bank Melli Iran
Twenty Rials

Reverse

Brown print.
Lion biting bull (Persepolis), symbolizing the eternal fight between Earth (bull) and the Sun (lion).

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
Bank Melli Iran
۲۰ ریال

Translation:
National Bank of Iran
20 Rials

Watermark

Young Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.

Signatures

General Director : Ali Bamdad (AB)

Minister of Finance : Abdol Hossein Ebtehaj (AHE)

Printer

Harrison & Sons Limited, High Wycombe, United Kingdom (1839-1997)