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1 Rial Pahlavi Rule
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Persian (Nastaliq) |
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| Reverse description | The traditional Lion and Sun emblem of imperial Iran dominates the central field: a passant lion in profile facing right, bearing a sword upright in its right forepaw, with a radiant rising sun emerging from behind its back. The composition is rendered in a classical heraldic style, occupying the majority of the reverse field without a surrounding wreath or border legend. |
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1976 marks the final years of Mohammad Reza Shah's rule, when Iran was officially renamed an "Imperial Civilization" and the calendar was controversially switched from the Islamic Hijri to the Imperial Iranian calendar — placing the year at 2535 rather than 1355. The rial coinage of this period circulated within an economy flush with oil revenues but increasingly destabilized by inflation and political unrest. Within three years, the revolution would render the entire Pahlavi coinage series obsolete.