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10 Rials
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1979-1988 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the Arabic legend of the country name 'Islamic Republic of Iran' in two lines above a horizontal rule, with the denomination 'Ten Rials' in Arabic script below. The entire inscription is encircled by a decorative wreath of stylised tulip flowers, the tulip being a prominent symbol of martyrdom and the Islamic Revolution, with blooms and stems arranged symmetrically around the field. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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This issue spans the revolutionary transition and the early years of the Islamic Republic, a period when Iran's mint was navigating profound institutional disruption — the removal of imperial iconography, the purging of staff associated with the Pahlavi regime, and the practical need to keep coinage in circulation during the Iran-Iraq War. The Central Bank continued striking throughout, with little interruption to supply despite everything else collapsing around it.
KM#1235 replaced the Pahlavi-era 10 Rial type almost immediately after the 1979 revolution. Dating follows the Solar Hijri calendar, so coins from this run carry dates ranging from SH1358 to SH1367.