Iran MS2536 5 pahlavi

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30483

This specimen was lot 30483 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. 5 Pahlavi, MS 2536 (1977). Tehran Mint. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. PCGS MS-67. Tied with just two other specimens for the tops spot in the PCGS census, this intensely vibrant and blazing exemplar presents a near-prooflike appearance through its subtly frosted devices and majestically mirrored fields. Undoubtedly one of the finest of the type that one could ever hope to encounter." The shah was overthrown in 1979 and he died the next year. This type was struck SH 1354-58 and MS 2536-2537.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-99; KM-1202.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• SH 1355 (1976) 5 pahlavi
• MS 2535 (1976) 10 pahlavi
• MS 2536 (1977) ½ pahlavi
• MS 2536 (1977) pahlavi
• MS 2536 (1977) 10 pahlavi, for the birthday of Reza Khan
• Coins and currency dated 1977