Iran SH1352 5 pahlavi

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1032

This specimen was lot 1032 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979, AV 5 pahlavi, AH1352, rare type, very lustrous with only a few wispy obverse hairlines, mintage of only 2,100 pieces, Unc, R." This type, struck SH 1339-1353 during the reign of Muhammed Reza Shah (r. 1941-79), was minted to the standard of a British five pounds. Gold one, 2½ (Fr-100) and ten pahlavis also exist. The coins generally trade as bullion coins.

Recorded mintage: 2,100.

Specification: 40.68 g, 0.900 fine gold, 1.1771 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-1164, Fr-99.

Source:

• 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 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• SH 1351 (1972) pahlavi
• SH 1351 (1972) 5 pahlavi
• SH 1352 10 rials
• SH 1352 2½ pahlavi
• SH 1353 (1974) 20 rials, 7th Asian games
• SH 1353 (1974) 5 pahlavi
• Coins and currency dated 1973