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Coinage of Mohammad Reza Shah

16 catalogued issues of Mohammad Reza Shah — metal, weight, mint, obverse and reverse descriptions with references.

Catalogued
16
Eras
1
Metals
4
Denominations
2

Pahlavi Dynasty · 1925 – 1979 CE

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Mohammad Reza Shah 10 Pahlavi Gold

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1355 / 1976

Minted in 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2½, 5 and 10 pahlavi denominations.

2500-Year Celebration Commemorative Medal

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1350 / 1971

Issued for Persepolis ceremonies celebrating 2500 years of Persian monarchy.

Pahlavi 20 Rial Commemorative

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1357 / 1978

Late-Pahlavi commemorative — part of the broader commemorative-coin output that includes the FAO 'Money Coin' series.

Bank Markazi 1000 Rial (Mohammad Reza Shah)

Mohammad Reza Shah

1969–1971

Workhorse high-denomination note from the late 1960s oil-boom era, issued by the newly-founded Central Bank of Iran (Bank Markazi).

Mohammad Reza Shah 500 Rial Banknote (1976)

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 2535 / 1976

From the late-Pahlavi 'imperial calendar' (Shahanshahi) series — controversially replaced the Islamic calendar in 1976.

Mohammad Reza Shah 5000 Rial Banknote (1977)

Mohammad Reza Shah

1977

Mid-high denomination of the final Bank Markazi Pahlavi series before the 1979 revolution.

Mohammad Reza Shah 10,000 Rial Banknote (1978)

Mohammad Reza Shah

1978

Highest denomination of the final Pahlavi series — printed on the eve of the 1979 revolution; many were later overprinted with arabesques to cover the Shah's portrait.

Pahlavi 50th Anniversary 100 Rial Banknote

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 2535 / 1976

Special commemorative note for the half-centennial of the dynasty founded by Reza Shah in 1925.

Mohammad Reza Shah 5 Pahlavi Gold

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1339–1357 (1960–1979)

Heavy bullion gold piece, half-ounce class — issued primarily as an investment instrument by Bank Markazi alongside the 1, 2½ and 10 Pahlavi denominations.

Mohammad Reza Shah 1 Rial Coin

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1338–1357 (1959–1979)

Workhorse small-change coin of the late Pahlavi era — minted in hundreds of millions and still found in circulation drawers across Iran today.

Mohammad Reza Shah 2 Rial Coin

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1338–1357 (1959–1979)

Mid-range minor denomination of the modernised Pahlavi coinage struck by Bank Markazi from the late 1950s onward.

Mohammad Reza Shah 5 Rial Coin

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1338–1357 (1959–1979)

Highest-denomination cupronickel circulation coin of the era — the largest pocket coin most Iranians handled before the 1979 revolution.

Mohammad Reza Shah 10,000 Rial (1971)

Mohammad Reza Shah

1971

The highest denomination of the early-1970s oil-boom series, issued in the year of the spectacular 2,500-year monarchy celebrations at Persepolis.

Mohammad Reza Shah 50 Rial Banknote

Mohammad Reza Shah

1970s

Mid-low denomination of the Bank Markazi series — the everyday note for taxi fares and market purchases throughout the 1970s.

50 Rial '2,500-Year Empire' Commemorative Banknote

Mohammad Reza Shah

SH 1350 / 1971

Issued for the October 1971 Persepolis ceremonies marking 2,500 years since Cyrus the Great founded the Persian Empire — one of the most lavish state events of the 20th century.

Mohammad Reza Shah 1000 Rial — Second Series

Mohammad Reza Shah

Mid-1970s

Workhorse high-denomination note of the oil-boom decade — printed by De La Rue (London) and Thomas De La Rue's Tehran-licensed press.

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