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1/2 Pahlavī - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī legend type
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1941-1944 |
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| Value | 1/2 Pahlavī |
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| Obverse lettering | محمّدرضا شاه پهــلوى شاهنشاه ايران ۱۳۲۲ (Translation: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi King of Kings of Iran 1322) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This type bridges the forced abdication of Rezā Shāh in September 1941 — engineered by the Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation of Iran — and the early consolidation of his son's reign under effective Allied supervision. Mohammad Rezā came to the throne at twenty-one with British and Soviet troops already on Iranian soil, and the coinage issued under his name during these years reflects a state that was sovereign in name only.
The legend-type designation distinguishes this issue from the portrait types that followed once the young Shāh's position stabilized.