Security Printing and Minting Organization (SPMO; fa, سازمان تولید اسکناس و مسکوک, sāzmān-e towlid-e eskenās va maskuk, lit=Bills and Coins Production Organization) is a

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of the

Central Bank of Iran The Central Bank of Iran (CBI), also known as ''Bank Markazi'', officially the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران, Bank Markazi-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān; SWIFT Code: B ...

responsible for design, production and elimination of banknotes and coinage in

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under the exclusive authority. Founded in 1877 as the sole national

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(''zarrabḵana'') of Iran, it replaced multiple provincial mints. It was constructed at the place of a former cotton factory in northern Tehran, and used French machinery while the original building was built by the Belgians. Senior

Münze Österreich The Austrian Mint (german: Münze Österreich) is located in Vienna and is responsible for minting Austrian coins. Since 1989 it has been a public limited company (''Aktiengesellschaft'') and a subsidiary of Austria's central bank Oesterreichische ...

official, Franz Pechan von Prägenberg, contributed to technically operate the mint. In 1931, Germans provided the mint with new machinery. Iranian banknotes were not printed by the organization until 1982; instead they were outsourced abroad to

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company Bradbury Wilkinson & Co were an English engraver and printer of banknotes, postage stamps and share certificates. History The original company was established in the 1850s by Henry Bradbury and begun printing banknotes in 1856. Bradbury then die ...

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, American Bank Notes Co and

De La Rue De La Rue plc (, ) is a British company headquartered in Basingstoke, England, that designs and produces banknotes, secure polymer substrate and banknote security features (including security holograms, security threads and security printe ...

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reportedly refused to provide the organization with equipment in 2012.

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