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5 Rials - Mohammad Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1943-1950 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1145 |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Imperial Iranian emblem: a lion passant to the right, holding an upright sword in its right forepaw, set against a radiant rising sun whose rays fan outward behind the lion's body. The entire device is surmounted by the Imperial Pahlavi crown. The composition is flanked by a wreath of olive and laurel branches tied at the base. A horizontal line separates the lion and sun device from the denomination legend پنج ريال (Five Rials) inscribed in Arabic script in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | پنج ريال (Translation: Five Rial) |
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This issue covers the turbulent opening years of Mohammad Reza Shah's reign, beginning immediately after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941 forced his father Reza Shah to abdicate. The younger shah inherited a country under foreign military occupation, with British and Soviet forces effectively controlling supply lines and currency confidence alike. Silver was retained in the alloy — at .600 fineness rather than the higher standards of earlier Pahlavi issues — partly reflecting wartime metal pressures that squeezed mints across the region throughout the mid-1940s.
Circulation during the occupation years was genuinely heavy, and worn examples from the early dates are the rule rather than the exception.