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1 Azadi
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Year | 1991-2007 |
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| Value | 1 Azadi |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a right-facing bust portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, depicted with characteristic turban and full beard in high sculptural relief against a plain field. The portrait is rendered in a naturalistic style with fine detail in the facial features and drapery of the turban folds. The Iranian solar Hijri date appears in Eastern Arabic numerals in the lower field below the portrait. The entire design is framed by a finely reeded border. |
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The Azadi ("freedom") gold coin series was introduced after the 1979 revolution as a deliberate replacement for the Pahlavi coinage, which bore the deposed Shah's image. The Central Bank issued these in fractional and full denominations as a domestic store-of-value instrument, with demand driven heavily by Iranian new year (Nowruz) gift-giving traditions and hedging against chronic rial depreciation.
The long date range reflects continuous restriking rather than year-by-year production — many coins dated within this span were struck in the same minting run, making date attribution to specific production years largely unreliable.