Iran SH1348 1/4 pahlavi
This specimen was lot 75680 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. 1/4 Pahlavi, SH 1348 (1969). Tehran Mint. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. NGC MS-66." This type was struck SH 1336-1352 and is common. Four of these have the same amount of gold as the British sovereign. Gold half (Fr-102), one (Fr-101), 2½ (Fr-100), five (Fr-99) and ten pahlavis also exist. As the pahlavi was always sold at its gold price, it had no fixed ratio to the rial. The shah was overthrown in 1979 and he died the next year.
Recorded mintage: 60,000.
Specification: 2.03 g, 0.900 fine gold, 16 mm diameter, 0.0589 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-104; KM-1160a.
- 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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