Iran SH1334 1/4 pahlavi

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2659

This specimen was lot 2659 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Muhammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979, AV ¼ pahlavi, SH1334, NGC graded MS64." This type was struck SH1332-1336 and is slightly scarcer than the subsequent type of SH1336-1352, which was 16 mm diameter. This is the most common of the five dates.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.03 g, 0.900 fine gold, 14 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-104, KM-1160.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

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