Iran SH1338 pahlavi
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This specimen was lot 2661 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Muhammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979, AV pahlavi, SH1338, incorrectly dated SH1337 on the slab (most dates are common), NGC graded MS67." This type, struck SH 1330-1353 during the reign of Muhammed Reza Shah (r. 1941-79), was minted to the standard of a British sovereign. It has slightly lower relief than the prior type (KM 1150) which had persistent striking weakness. The coins generally trade as bullion.
Recorded mintage: 776,000.
Specification: 8.136 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-1162.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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