Iran SH1340 rial
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This specimen was lot 75686 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. Rial, SH 1340 (1961). Tehran Mint. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck in large numbers SH 1338-1354 and none are worth more than a few dollars. The shah was overthrown in 1979 and he died the next year.
Recorded mintage: 8,680,000.
Specification: 1.75 g, copper-nickel, 18.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1171a.
- 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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