Iran SH1312 1/2 pahlavi
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This specimen was lot 1357 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $1,428. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Reza Shah, 1925-1941, AV ½ pahlavi, SH1312, mintage of only 892 pieces, NGC graded AU58, R." The pahlavi, named after the family of the dynasty's founder, Reza Shah, was first struck in 1926 (KM 111) but the first issues were only 1.92 g. In 1931 the system was reformed and the new pahlavi matched the British sovereign in gold content. This rare type was struck 1931-36.
Recorded mintage: 892.
Specification: 4.07 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-1132, Fr-96.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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