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1000 Dīnār - Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1927-1929 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The traditional Iranian emblem of the lion passant holding a sword, set before a radiant rising sun, all enclosed within a crowned wreath composed of oak and laurel branches. The imperial crown of the Pahlavi dynasty appears at the top of the wreath. The denomination legend in Persian script is inscribed in the exergual band at the base of the design, reading 'Yak Hazar Dinar' (One Thousand Dinars). |
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| Mintage | 1306 (1927) - ۱۳۰۶ - 1307 (1928) - ۱۳۰۷ - 4,300,000 1308 (1929) - ۱۳۰۸ - 603,000 |
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This issue belongs to the early coinage program of Reza Shah, who seized power in 1921 and formalized his rule as Shah in 1925 after deposing the Qajar dynasty. The 1927 monetary reform was central to his modernization agenda — a deliberate break from Qajar-era coinage, with a rationalized denomination structure and metric-adjacent weight standards replacing the older inconsistent series. The reform also coincided with the establishment of Bank Melli Iran in 1927, which eventually took over note issuance from the Imperial Bank of Persia, a British-controlled institution Reza Shah deeply resented.
The short three-year window for this type reflects how quickly the new government iterated on its coinage standards during this period.