Persian Money and Currency

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Persian Currency and Money:

The rial (ریال in Persian; code IRR) is the currency of Iran. It is subdivided into ~100 dinar but, because of the very low current value of the rial, no fraction of the rial is used in accounting.

The toman (ten rial) is now frequently used to express Iranian / Persian currency.

Prices are mostly marked in tomans such as 1,000 toman, 10,000 toman and 1 Million Toman ...

Persian Currency History: 

• In 1798 the rial was first introduced as a coin worth 1250 dinar or one eighth of a toman.
   
• In 1825, the rial ceased to be issued, with the qiran of 1000 dinars (one tenth of a toman) being issued as part of a decimal system.
   
• In 1932 the rial replaced the qiran.

Here are a few pictures of old/new persian currency/money:

^ [100 rials = 10 toman] 

^ [20 rials = 0.2 tomans] 

^ [200 rials = 20 toman]

^ [50 rials = 5 toman]

^ [50 rials = 5 toman]

^ [500 rials = 50 toman]

^ [100 rials = 10 toman] 

^ [2000 rials = 200 toman]

^ [500 rials = 50 toman]

^ [5000 rials = 500 toman]

^ [100 rials = 10 toman]

^ [1000 rials = 100 toman]

^ [5000 rials = 500 toman]

^ [10,000 rials = 1000 toman]