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10 Rials - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī FAO
| Issuer | Bank Markazi Iran |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi facing left, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail. The portrait occupies the central field, with the jaw line extending toward the lower rim. A circular Arabic legend runs along the upper and left periphery, reading the full royal titles of the Shah. The coin's milled edge frames the composition with fine reeding. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Imperial Iranian coat of arms: the lion passant holding a sword, with a rising sun emerging from its back, surmounted by the Pahlavi crown, all set within a wreath of wheat ears flanking both sides of the design. Below the lion, the denomination '۱۰ ریال' appears in Persian numerals above the inscription 'F.A.O' in Latin letters. The dual date '۱۳۴۸-1969' is inscribed at the base. A curved Persian legend arcs across the upper field referencing the FAO commemorative theme. |
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Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's global coin program, which ran from the late 1960s onward and enlisted dozens of countries to mint special circulation pieces promoting agricultural development. Iran's participation in 1969 coincided with the Shah's White Revolution — a state-led modernization drive launched in 1963 that included land redistribution, rural cooperative expansion, and literacy corps deployment into farming villages. The FAO series gave that domestic agenda an internationally legible frame.
KM#1182 is one of the scarcer FAO issues from the region in terms of surviving mint-state examples.