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2 Pahlavī - Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| In circulation to | 1941 |
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| Obverse lettering | رضا شاه پهلوی شاهنشاه ایران |
| Reverse description | The traditional Iranian imperial emblem of a lion passant to the right, bearing a sword upright in its right forepaw, set against a radiant rising sun with emanating rays filling the background — the celebrated Shir-o-Khorshid (Lion and Sun) device. The lion and sun motif is enclosed within a wreath of oak and laurel branches tied with a ribbon at the base, with the imperial Pahlavi crown surmounting the wreath at the top. Below the lion, within the lower portion of the wreath, appears the denomination legend in Arabic script, and the date in Eastern Arabic numerals (۱۳۰۵) is inscribed in the exergual area beneath the wreath. |
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This coin inaugurated the Pahlavi dynasty's new monetary identity. Reza Shah had deposed Ahmad Shah Qajar in 1925 and immediately set about redesigning Iranian institutions — currency among the first. The Pahlavi replaced the Toman as the official unit, and these gold pieces were struck from the opening year of the new regime as deliberate instruments of dynastic legitimacy.
The .900 fineness followed European sovereign-coin conventions, a calculated alignment with Western monetary norms that Reza Shah pursued aggressively throughout his modernization program.