Banknote and Coin Production Organization of Iran

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IranIran Banknote and
Coin Production Organization of Iran - SPMO -p1
State level Federation
legal form Public
Supervisory body (s) Central Bank (since 1962)
Consist since June 14, 1877 (as royal mint )
Headquarters Tehran
Coordinates 35 ° 45 '32.1 "  N , 51 ° 27' 17.2"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 45 '32.1 "  N , 51 ° 27' 17.2"  E
Website spmo.ir

The banknote and coin production organization ( Persian سازمان تولید اسکناس و مسکوک) is the official security printer and mint of Iran .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudi Matthee, Willem Floor: The Creation of a Modern National Mint . In: The Monetary History of Iran: From the Safavids to the Qajars ( en ). IBTauris, 2013, ISBN 9780857721723 : "The official, festive inauguration of the Mint took place a year later, on 14 June 1877, when it was officially opened by the shah [Naser al-Din]."
  2. ^ Christian Funke: Aesthetics and Politics of Redesigning Iranian Banknotes: Arab Wind, the Persian Gulf and the Absence of Nuclear Energy . In: International Bank Note Society Journal . 55, No. 2, 2016, pp. 40-45.