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Coinage of Reza Shah Pahlavi

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

Catalogued
6
Eras
1
Metals
3
Denominations
3

Pahlavi Dynasty · 1925 – 1979 CE

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Reza Shah Gold Pahlavi

Reza Shah Pahlavi

SH 1305–1320 (1926–1941)

Successor bullion coin to the toman. Still traded today as Iran's gold investment standard.

Reza Shah 500 Rial Banknote

Reza Shah Pahlavi

SH 1317 / 1938

High denomination of the first Bank Melli series under Reza Shah — equivalent to a substantial sum in the 1930s.

Reza Shah 1000 Rial Banknote (first series)

Reza Shah Pahlavi

SH 1317 / 1938

Highest denomination of the Reza Shah series; rare in collectible grade.

Reza Shah Gold Toman — Tehran (early)

Reza Shah Pahlavi

SH 1305–1309 (1926–1930)

Early Pahlavi gold toman issued before the 1932 currency reform that replaced toman/qiran with the rial. These first issues retained the Qajar-era denomination system briefly.

Reza Shah First Nowruz Commemorative

Reza Shah Pahlavi

SH 1305 / 1926

Struck for the first Nowruz of the new Pahlavi era — Reza Shah was crowned on 25 April 1926 and the spring equinox that followed was celebrated as the dynastic refoundation of Iran.

Reza Shah Silver 5 Rial (1938)

Reza Shah Pahlavi

SH 1317 / 1938

Reza Shah's portrait silver — the first Iranian circulating coin since pre-Islamic Sasanian times to depict a living ruler's face. Issued in 1, 2 and 5 rial denominations from 1932 to 1942.

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