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1 Pahlavī - Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1926 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a four-line Persian inscription in Nasta'liq script giving the royal titles of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran, surmounted by the Pahlavi (Kiani) crown at the top of the field. The inscription and crown are framed by a wreath composed of olive branches on the left and oak branches on the right, tied with a ribbon at the base. The coin border is decorated with a continuous beaded rim. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the traditional Iranian imperial emblem: a lion passant to the right, holding an upright sword in its right forepaw, with a radiant sun rising behind its back — the celebrated Shir-o-Khorshid (Lion and Sun) motif. The Pahlavi (Kiani) crown appears above the device at the top of the field. The entire composition is enclosed within a wreath of olive branches on the left and oak branches on the right, tied at the base. The denomination legend appears in the lower field between the lion's feet and the wreath junction, and the Solar Hijri date ۱۳۰۵ is inscribed in the exergue. |
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The 1 Pahlavi was introduced in 1926 as part of Reza Shah's sweeping monetary reform, which abolished the Qajar-era currency system and redenominated Iran's coinage along decimal lines. The reform was inseparable from the broader modernization program — centralized minting, uniform standards, and the deliberate erasure of the previous dynasty's numismatic identity all arrived simultaneously.
The Imperial Iranian Mint in Tehran had been substantially retooled with European equipment in the early 1920s specifically to support this transition. First-year pieces like this one predate the mint's full production normalization.