IRAN 

KM 1271

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Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
500 rials 20.9 3.9   Reeded Brass Coin
Obverse Reverse
The title of state (Islamic Republic of Iran) in Persian, denomination, word 'Rials', the year of minting (SH1387 - AD2008) divides plant branches.

Image of  'Saadi tomb' in Shiraz.

Abu-Muhammad Muslih bin Abdallah Shirazi (1184 – 1283/1291?), better known by his pen-name as Sa'di, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period.