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2 Rials - Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1931-1934 |
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| Weight | 10 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Imperial Iranian coat of arms: the Lion and Sun motif, with a rampant lion holding a sword before a radiant sun, set within an ornate shield surmounted by the Pahlavi crown. The shield is flanked by symmetrical sprigs of oak and olive leaves forming a decorative wreath. The Persian inscription 'دو ریال' (Two Rials) appears in the lower field. The composition is formal and heraldic, consistent with official Pahlavi-era coinage design conventions. |
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Reza Shah's coinage reform of 1931 was part of a broader modernization drive that also abolished the old qiran system and pegged the rial to gold — a deliberate break from the monetary chaos that had plagued Iran under the late Qajars. These silver issues were struck at the Tehran mint during a narrow window before economic pressures and the global silver price collapse effectively ended large-denomination silver circulation coinage in Iran. The series ran only four years.