Iran SH1352 5 pahlavi
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This specimen was lot 1032 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979, AV 5 pahlavi, AH1352, rare type, very lustrous with only a few wispy obverse hairlines, mintage of only 2,100 pieces, Unc, R." This type, struck SH 1339-1353 during the reign of Muhammed Reza Shah (r. 1941-79), was minted to the standard of a British five pounds. Gold one, 2½ (Fr-100) and ten pahlavis also exist. The coins generally trade as bullion coins.
Recorded mintage: 2,100.
Specification: 40.68 g, .900 fine gold, 1.1771 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM-1164, Fr-99.
- 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 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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