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1/2 Pahlavī - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī high relief type
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1945-1951 |
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| Value | 1/2 Pahlavī |
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| Obverse lettering | محمّدرضا شاه پهلوى شاهنشاه ايران ۱۳۲۹ |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The high relief type was abandoned partway through production in favor of a flattened version — a purely mechanical concession, as the deeper dies wore faster and caused more frequent strikeovers. Specimens from the early years of this run show noticeably sharper modeling as a result.
These years coincided with the nationalization crisis that ultimately brought down Prime Minister Razmara in 1951 and brought Mosaddegh to power — a period of acute political instability during which the Imperial Mint's output was anything but routine.