Iran SH1326 10 rials

Steve Album sale 39, lot 3349

This specimen was lot 3349 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Muhammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979, 10 rials, SH1326, a lovely example for type! PCGS graded MS65." This type was struck SH 1323-1326 (1944-47) and the other dates are common. It was superseded by a copper-nickel type (KM 1177) of SH 1333-1343.

Recorded Mintage: unknown but the scarcest date.

Specification: 16 g, 0.600 fine silver, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1146.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• SH 1323 (1944) 10 rials
• SH 1326 (1947) pahlavi
• SH 1326 (1947) ½ pahlavi
• SH 1327 (1948) rial
• SH 1333 (1954) 5 rials
• SH 1333 (1954) half pahlavi
• Coins and currency dated 1947