Iran MS2537 1/4 pahlavi
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This specimen was lot 75683 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. 1/4 Pahlavi, MS 2537 (1978). Tehran Mint. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. NGC MS-66." This type was struck SH 1353-MS 2537. Four of these coins contained the same amount of gold as a British sovereign. The shah was overthrown in 1979 and he died the next year. The Islamic revolutionaries who seized control promptly abandoned his MS calendar.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 2.03 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.0589 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-104; KM-1198.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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