10 000 Rials, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran, 2022 (Pick 160)

This 10 000 Rials note was issued in Iran by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, dated 2022. It belongs to the Second Rial (1932-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Islamic Republic (1979-date). It measures 156 × 71 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 160. Numista identifies the design as “/ 10 000 Rials”.

Obverse: Portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini (Ayatollah Khomeini) on left-hand side, grey patterns, windowed security thread Signatures: Abdolnaser Hemmati = Farhad Dejpasand. Its lettering reads “بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران / ده هزار ریال / Lettering (regular font): / بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران / ده هزار ریال”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ten Thousand Rials”. Reverse: Tomb of Avicenna in Hamadan. Its lettering reads “آرامگاه شیخ‌الرئیس ابوعلی سینا همدان / Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Ten Thousand Rials / Lettering (regular font): / آرامگاه شیخ‌الرئیس ابوعلی سینا همدان / Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Ten Thousand Rials”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Tomb of Avicenna in Hamadan”.

Watermark: Portrait of Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini also known as Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and electrotype denomination. © akhmedof (CC BY). Signatures recorded for the type: Abdolnaser Hemmati (AH) (President); Farhad Dejpasand (FD) (Minister of Economic Affairs). Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.