Iran SH1350 pahlavi

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7470

This specimen was lot 7470 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. Pahlavi, SH 1350 (1971). Tehran Mint. Pahlavi. PCGS MS-64. A brilliant and pleasing coin with full satiny luster." This type, struck SH 1330-1353 during the reign of Muhammed Reza Shah (r. 1941-79), was minted to the standard of a British sovereign. Gold 2½, five and ten pahlavis also exist. The coins generally trade as bullion.

Recorded mintage: 60,000.

Specification: 8.136 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-101; KM-1162.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• SH 1338 (1959) pahlavi
• SH 1350 (1971) 25 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 50 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 75 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 100 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 200 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 500 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 750 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 1000 rials
• SH 1350 (1971) 2000 rials
• SH 1354 (1975) pahlavi
• Coins and currency dated 1971