Iran 10000 Rials 1997, P-146d, UNC

Deep green, olive and blue set Khomeini against the broad profile of Mount Damavand, pairing portraiture with one of Iran’s defining landscapes.

Design & Symbolism

Obverse

Khomeini’s portrait carries the obverse, surrounded by Farsi inscriptions in a restrained green, olive and blue palette. The uncluttered treatment gives the front a formal, portrait-centred character. The printed field uses green, olive green, and blue to bind the central imagery to the monetary text around it.

Reverse

Mount Damavand becomes the dominant image on the reverse, accompanied by English and Farsi inscriptions. The expansive mountain landscape provides a clear visual counterweight to the close portrait focus of the front. Tones of green, olive green, and blue unify the pictorial subject, lettering and repeated indicators of value.

Collector’s Insight

For collectors, the Khomeini-and-Damavand pairing became one of the clearest portrait-and-landscape combinations in modern Iranian paper money. The mountain gives the note a strong sense of place, so the type works equally well in collections centred on national landscapes or on the visual evolution of long-running denominations.

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