Iran SH1346 rial

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75693

This specimen was lot 75693 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 1346 (1967). Tehran Mint. Muhammad Reza Pahlavi. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck in large numbers SH 1338-1354 and this is the commonest date. The shah was overthrown in 1979 and he died the next year.

Recorded mintage: 155,321,000.

Specification: 1.75 g, copper-nickel, 18.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1171a.

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 (1966) ½ pahlavi
• SH 1347 (1968) ½ pahlavi
• SH 1348 (1969) 50 dinars
• SH 1348/1969 10 rials, F.A.O.
• Coins and currency dated 1967