Iran SH1352 10 rials KM-1178

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75685

This specimen was lot 75685 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. 10 Rials, SH 1352 (1973). Tehran Mint. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck SH 1345-1352 and has the denomination spelled "ده﷼" (ten rials) on the reverse. The reverse was modified mid year so that the denomination was spelled "ريال١٠" (KM 1179, 10 rials) and struck in that form until MS 2537. The shah was overthrown in 1979 and he died the next year.

Recorded mintage: 28,776,000 including KM 1179.

Specification: 7 g, copper-nickel, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1178.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• SH 1345 10 rials
• SH1348/1969 10 rials, F.A.O.
• SH 1351 (1972) pahlavi
• SH 1352 2½ pahlavi
• SH 1352 5 pahlavi
• SH 1353 (1974) 20 rials, 7th Asian games
• SH 1353 (1974) pahlavi
• Coins and currency dated 1973