Bank Indonesia, pattern 10 rupiah, 1 January 1959, serial number 10JAH000000, purple and pale green, flowers at centre, Prince Diponegoro in watermark at centre (see Pick 66 for similar), uncirculated and very rare £500-550
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Bank Indonesia, pattern 25 rupiah, 1 January 1959, serial number 25RR 000000, green and pink, flowers at left, Prince Diponegoro in watermark, reverse purple, also a regular specimen 25 rupiah, similar colouring, reverse blue and watermark bird (Pick 67 for similar), uncirculated and very rare (2) £600-650
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Bank Indonesia, specimen 5 rupiah, blue, and specimen 100 rupiah, purple, both 1 January 1959, prefixes 5CPZ and 100K (Pick 65, 69), ink numeral in top margin, perforated CANCELLED, almost uncirculated, scarce £100-140
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Bank Indonesia, pattern 50 rupiah (2), 1 January 1959, both serial numbers 50 JZ 000000, pink, green and multicoloured, flower at centre, one blue reverse, one green reverse, also a specimen 50 rupiah, 1 January 1959, serial number 50AC 000000, blue, brown and orange, bird in watermark (Pick 68 for type), uncirculated and rare (3) £1,200-1,400
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Bank Indonesia, specimen 5000 rupiah, ND (1975), brown, and specimen10000 rupiah, ND (1975), purple, both Prince Diponegoro at right (Pick 113A, 114A), mounting traces on reverse, extremely fine and very rare (2) £500-700
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Bank Indonesia, a partially hand executed essay for an obverse and reverse 10000 rupiah on card, 1978, violet and multicoloured, dancer at right, arms left centre, reverse violet and multicoloured, three Torojan houses at right (Pick unrecorded design although reverse similar to Pick 120), unique and attractive, manuscript date 1978 on mount £350-550
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Imperial Bank of Persia, proof 2 toman, 1 January 1896, no serial numbers, black and white, Shah Nasr ed Din at right, arms at left (Pick 1 for type) ink annotation and date '28th Jan. 1896', staple hole at left, extremely fine and very rare £1,200-1,500
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Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 1 toman, ND (1912), black serial number A/K 000001-A/K 100000, pink, black and green, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, arms at left, additional text at left, reverse green, arms at centre, 'PAYABLE AT TEHERAN ONLY' top centre (Pick 1bs), ink 'February 1912' in top margin, perforated SPECIMEN, about uncirculated and rare, pretty £300-500
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Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 2 tomans, Teheran, ND (c.1911), serial number B/H 000001 - B/H 100000, pink, green and black, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, black overprint legend at left, reverse green, arms at centre (Pick 2) perforated, ink date 6.9.22, almost uncirculated, rare £1,800-2,000
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Imperial Bank of Persia, specimen 5 tomans, ND (c.1911), serial number R/A 040001-R/A050000 pink, green and black, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, reverse brown, arms at centre (Pick 3), ink date August 1911 top left, perforated, almost uncirculated, rare £1,800-2,000
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The Imperial Bank of Persia, 2 tomans (2), 1924, green and multicoloured, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, value and oval handstamp at centre, reverse blue and red, value at centre, PAYABLE AT TEHERAN in top margin (Pick 12), fine and good fine, rare (2) £400-500
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The Imperial Bank of Persia, 2 tomans (2), 1924, 1925, green and multicoloured, Shah Nasr-ed-Din at right, value and oval handstamp at centre, reverse blue and red, value at centre, PAYABLE AT TEHARAN in top margin (Pick 12), one poor, other about fine, rare (2) £300-400
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Bank Melli, a selection of vignettes of Shah Reza (7), two different vignettes in red-brown, one green, one blue, one brown, one violet, one mounted on board and dated 22/10/36 and a photograph of Shah Reza in military uniform a fascinating and very rare group (8) £500-700
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Bank Melli, a vignette of Shah Reza's portrait as used in the1936 issue, about uncirculated, very scarce £20-30
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Bank Melli, 5 rials, AH 1317 (1938), Persian serial numbers, red-brown on multicolour underprint, portrait Shah Reza at right, reverse red-brown, Tomb of Daniel in Susa at center, one sample with blue date stamp 1321 on reverse (Pick 32Aa (3), 32Ae), fine to very fine (4) £250-300
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Bank Melli, 10 rials (2), AH 1313 (1934), serial numbers K255639 and K557425, brown, pale red and green, Shah Reza at right, reverse brown, arms at centre, value at each corner (Pick 25a, b), glue stains on the Pick 25a, very good, the Pick 26 fine (2) £550-650
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Bank Melli, 10 rials, AH 1317 (1938), persian serial number 636252, violet, pale brown and multicoloured, Shah reza at right, reverse mountainous landscape, also 20 rials, AH 1316 (1937), serial number A/1 401755, orange on multicoloured underprint, Shah Rza at right (Pick 33Aa, 34a), fine and very fine (2) £250-300
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Bank Melli, specimen 5 rials, AH 1316 (1937), Persian serial numbers, purple-brown and green and lilac, Shah Reza at right, reverse purple-brown, the Tomb of Daniel at Susa at centre, together with a trial 5 rials, AH1316 (1937), serial number A/1 000000, as previous but facing portait of Shah Reza, both French text on reverse (Pick 32 and unrecorded), ink date in low margin on both, good extremely fine and a scuffed about extremely fine and extremely rare (2) £500-700
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Bank Melli, colour trial 10 rials (2), AH1315 (1936), one black fractional serial number A/G 123456, the other with red serial number, violet and multicoloured, Shah Reza at right, reverse violet, mountains, French text (Pick 31 for type), ink numeral low left, about uncirculated, attractive and rare (2) £300-400
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Bank Melli, colour trial/proof 10 rials (3), AH1315 (1936), red serial number A/1 000000, black serial number A/1 123456, red serial number A/1 123456, violet and multicoloured, Shah Reza at right, reverse violet, mountains, French text (Pick 31), ink numeral low margin, about uncirculated and rare (3) £450-650
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Bank Melli, specimen/trial 20 rials, AH1315 (1936), serial number A/1 000000, orange, lilac, arms and ruins at centre together with a tracing of the arms, reverse orange, bridge across a river at centre, French text (Pick unrecorded type), ink date '3.7.36' in low margin, good extremely fine and extremely rare £500-700
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Bank Melli, specimen/trial 20 rials, AH1316 (1937), serial number A/1 000000, orange, lilac and pale blue, Shah Reza facing at right, ruins low centre, column at left and right, reverse orange, a series of bridges across a valley at centre, French text (Pick unrecorded type), ink date '20.VII.37' in low left margin, uncirculated and extremely rare £600-800
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Bank Melli, specimen 20 rials (2), AH1316/1317 (1936/1937), first A/1 000000, second no serial numbers, orange and lilac, Shah Reza at right, arms and ruins at centre, reverse orange, bridges across a valley, French text (Pick 34, 34A), first a little scuffed and ink date '10.4.37' in low right margin, almost extremely fine, second perforated CANCELLED, uncirculated, rare (2) £350-450
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Bank Melli, a colour trial 100 rials, AH 1316 (1937), no serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, Shah Reza young at right, Mount Damavand low centre, reverse blue, fortress at centre, arms at left (cf Pick 35B), slightly scuffed, large format, a lovely extremely fine and very rare £1,500-2,500
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Bank Melli, colour trial 100 rials, ND (1935), no serial numbers, green and multicoloured, Shah Reza in peaked military cap at left, Mount Damavand low centre, value at each corner, reverse green, fortress at centre, arms at right, UN PAHLEVI at centre in circular frame (Pick 28At3), letter B top right corner, one small perforation, about uncirculated and a lovely fresh and original example, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
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Bank Melli, two vignettes of Shah Mohammad Reza Shah, 18 October 1949, one in green, one in blue, both mounted on board with Bradbury Wilkinson & Company title on board and depicting a portrait that was not adopted for the banknotes most unusual and very rare and a different portrait (2) £400-600
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Bank Melli, a partially hand executed reverse essay on board for a proposed reverse for a 10 rials, ND (c.1951), lilac and purple, the Royal seal of Darius at centre (Pick 54 for similar), unique and a lovely piece of artwork £300-400
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Bank Melli, specimen colour trial of 50 rials, ND (1948), serial number 1,000000, brown, Shah Pahlavi at right (Pick 49ct), perforated, small stain at lower right otherwise about uncirculated, very scarce £120-160
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Iran, a portrait with manuscript signature of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1944-1961), this portrait in Pick, The Imperial Iranian Army style, type IV, as notes of 1954, unique £500-700
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Bank Melli, 20 rials, brown, orange and green, 100 rials violet and multicoloured, also 10 rials, blue, and 20 rials brown and multicoloured, all Shah Palhavi at right (Pick 55, 57, 68, 69), about uncirculated to uncirculated, the 100 rials pressed, extremely fine (4) £60-80
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Bank Markazi, 20 rials (4), dark brown, green and multicoloured, 50 rials, green and multicoloured, 100 rials, violet and pale olive-brown, all Shah Palhavi at right (Pick 78a (2), 78b, 84, 80 (2), 79b), uncirculated (7) £120-160
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Bank Melli, specimen 10 rials (2), SH 1330, 1332 (1951, 1953), blue and multicoloured, 20 rials, brown, 100 rials, purple and specimen 200 rials, blue, all SH 1330 (1951), all Shah Pahlavi at right (Pick 54, 59, 55, 57, 58), mounting traces, good extremely fine, scarce (5) £300-400
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Bank Markazi, specimen 50 rials, c 1962, red serial numbers, green and multicoloured, also a colour trial 100 rials, ND (1965), green and multicoloured, both Shah Palhavi at right (Pick 73s, 80ct), tape on first, very fine, second uncirculated and rare (2) £200-300
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Bank Markazi, a group of specimen colour trials of the 1962 and 1965 issues, comprising 20 rials, ND (1965), green, signature 9 (Pick 78act), 50 rials, ND (1965), blue, signature 10 (Pick 79bct), 500 rials, ND (1965), brown, signature 9 (Pick 82ct), and 1000 rials, ND (1962), blue, signature 8 (Pick 75ct), all Shah Pahlavi at right or at centre uncirculated, rare (4) £300-500
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Bank Markazi, an obverse 50 rials (2), ND (1968-1971), green and white, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 11(1971) and signature 12 (1968) (Pick 85apr, 85bpr), annotation, extremely fine and very rare (2) £150-250
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Bank Markazi, uniface colour stage proof of 50 rials (1969-71) in "17 Green", signature 12, dated 3.10.69 in lower margin, Shah Pahlavi at right, also uniface colour stage proof of 500 rials (1971-73), in "24 Grey", signature 12, dated 13. 3. 69 in lower margin, Shah Pahlavi at centre (Pick 85b and 93b for types), uncirculated, rare (2) £150-200
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Bank Markazi, specimen colour trial for 500 rials, ND (1969), brown, Shah Pahlavi at centre, signature 11 (Pick 88ct), about uncirculated, very scarce £100-140
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Bank Markazi, a group of specimen colour trials of the ND (1969) issue, comprising 20 rials, green, signature 11 (Pick 84ct), 50 rials, blue, signature 11 (Pick 85ct), and specimen colour trials of the 1971-73 (ND) issue comprising 100 rials, green, signature 13 (Pick 91cct), 200 rials, blue-green, signature 13 (Pick 92cct), 500 rials, brown, signature 12 (Pick 93bct) and 1000 rials, blue, signature 12 (Pick 94bct), all Shah Pahlavi at right or at centre, uncirculated, rare (6) £300-400
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Bank Markazi, a die proof for the obverse of a 5000 rials, ND (1971), green and white, Shah Pahlavi at centre, signature 13 (Pick 95b), fresh and bright, good extremely fine and very rare £500-700
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Bank Markazi, an obverse and reverse die proof 5000 rials, ND (1971), black and white, Shah Pahlavi at centre, signature 12 at right, reverse the Golestan Palace (Pick 95apr), good extremely fine and very rare £300-400
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Bank Markazi, specimen set of 50 rials, 1971 commemorative issue, green, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 11, 100 rials, 1971 commemorative issue, maroon, Shah Pahlavi at right, 100 rials, 1976 commemorative issue, maroon, Shah Pahlavi with Shah Reza at right, all with De La Rue red specimen ovals on front and reverse (Pick 97as, 98s, 108s), glue stains at left, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (3) £120-160
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Bank Markazi, specimen 200 rials, ND (1974-), blue and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 15, 17, 18 (no overprint), also specimen 100 rials, ND (1981), blue, Iman Reza Mosque at right, Republic seal at left, signature 19 (Pick 103as, ds, 119s, 127s), mounting traces, good extremely fine and rare (4) £300-400
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Bank Markazi, 100 rials (2), violet and multicoloured 50 rials, green and multicoloured, also 500 rials, blue, green and pale brown, all Shah Palhavi at right (Pick 91c, 101a, 103a), uncirculated, the 50 rials pressed about very fine £100-150
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Bank Markazi, specimens of the 1974-9 issue comprising 200 rials, blue, signature 17, 1000 rials, brown, signature 16, 5000 rials, purple, signature 18, 10, 000 rials, brown and green, signature 17, all with Shah Pahlavi at right and De La Rue red specimen ovals (Pick 103ds, 105bs, 106ds, 107cs), glue stains at left, otherwise uncirculated, very scarce (4) £180-240
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Bank Markazi, specimen 10000 rials (4), ND (1974-), green and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, signatures 15, 16, 17, 18, reverse green, the National Council of ministeries (Pick 107as, bs, cs, ds), mounting traces otherwise good extremely fine and rare (4) £500-700
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Bank Markazi, specimens of 50 rials, ND (1974-9), green, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 14, De La Rue black specimen ovals, 50 rials, ND (1974-9), green, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 15, De La Rue red specimen ovals, 100 rials, ND (1974-9), maroon, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 16, De La Rue black specimen ovals, 100 rials ND (1974-9), maroon, Shah Pahlavi at right, signature 17, De La Rue red specimen ovals, 100 rials (ND) provisional issue, maroon, Shah Pahlavi at right, obliterated with black type D arabesque overprint, De La Rue red specimen ovals (Pick 101as, 101bs, 102bs, 102cs, 118bs), glue stains at left, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, very scarce (5) £150-200
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Bank Markazi, specimens of the 1981 issue comprising 200 rials, blue and green, blue calligraphic seals on front and back, 200 rials, blue and green, overprint black lion and sun on front only, both with Imam Reza Mosque at right and De La Rue red specimen ovals (Pick 127s, 127As), glue stains at left, otherwise uncirculated, the P127A, in its issued form, the rarest modern note of Iran (2) £300-400
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Bank Markazi, specimen 1000 rials (3), ND (1974-), brown, pink and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, signatures 15, 16, 17, the first a different shade of brown, also a specimen 1000 rials, ND (1981), pink-brown, the Iman Reza Mosque at right, signature 19, no Republic seal at left (Pick 105 for type, 129s), mounting traces, good extremely fine, rare (4) £400-600
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Bank Markazi, specimens of the 1981 issue comprising 100 rials, maroon, 1000 rials, brown, error without calligraphic seals on front and back, 5000 rials, lavender and green, lavender calligraphic seals, 10, 000 rials, green and olive-brown, black calligraphic seals, all with Imam Reza Mosque at right and De La Rue red specimen ovals (Pick 132s, 129s, 130s, 131s), glue stains at left, otherwise uncirculated, the P129s error rare (4) £180-240
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Bank Markazi, specimen 5000 rials (2), ND (1974-), purple and multicoloured, Shah Pahlavi at right, signatures 17, 18, also specimen 5000 rials, ND (1981), purple, Iman Reza Mosque at right, Republic seal at left (Pick 107ds for type, 131s), mounting traces otherwise good extremely fine and rare (3) £500-600
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