200 Rials Banknote Shah Pahlavi 1974-79 PMG 65 Gem UNC (549)

Description

Obverse

Blue on green and multicolor underprint.
Eighth portrait of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi in Army in the “Commander in Chief” at right; Persian carpet design at center.

Script: Persian

Lettering:
بانک مرکزی ایران
دویست ریال

Translation:
Central Bank Iran
Two Hundred Rials

Reverse

Blue on green and multicolor underprint.
Maidane Shahyad (later Shahyad Aryamer, today Banaye Azadi) monument, Teheran.

Scripts: Latin, Persian

Lettering:
BANK MARKAZI IRAN
200 RIALS

میدان شهیاد اریامهر

Translation:
Central Bank of Iran
200 Rials
Shahiyad Ariamehr

Watermark

Young Shah Pahlavi

Signatures

President:Yussef Khosh Kish (YKK)

Minister of Economic Affairs: Mohammad Yeganeh (MY₂)

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

12 pointed star on design

Monument name on reverse: “Shahyad Aryamer”