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20 Rials - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī Pahlavi Rule
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi facing left, dominating the central field. A curved Persian legend arcs around the upper portion of the coin reading 'پنجاهمین سال شاهنشاهی پهلوی' (Fiftieth Year of the Pahlavi Imperial Reign). The Imperial Iranian calendar year ۲۵۳۵ (2535) is inscribed in large Eastern Arabic numerals along the lower field beneath the portrait. The coin is struck with a reeded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | پنجاهمین سال شاهنشاهی پهلوی ۲۵۳۵ |
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This issue belongs to the 2535 Imperial Calendar series, struck in 1976 as part of Iran's controversial switch from the Islamic Hijri calendar to one counting from the founding of the Persian Empire — a nationalist project personally championed by Mohammad Reza Shah as part of his broader program to anchor Iranian identity in pre-Islamic antiquity rather than religious tradition. The calendar change provoked significant clerical opposition, and coins bearing the Imperial year dating were withdrawn from emphasis within just three years as the revolution gathered force.