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5000 Dīnār - Rezā Pahlavī
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1926-1927 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Imperial Lion and Sun emblem: a passant lion facing right in profile, with a radiant rising sun issuing from its back, rendered in the Qajar-Pahlavi heraldic tradition. The lion and sun motif is set upon a plain ground line, below which the denomination legend appears in Persian script. The Solar hijri date appears in Eastern Arabic numerals at the base of the field. The central device is flanked by a decorative wreath of olive branches to the left and oak branches to the right, tied at the base, all within a toothed border. |
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| Reverse lettering | پنجهزار دینار ۱۳۰۵ (Translation: Five thousand dinars 1305) |
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This issue marks the first regal coinage of Reza Shah following his formal coronation in April 1926, ending the Qajar dynasty after over a century of rule. The new shah had already controlled the government as prime minister since 1923 and commander-in-chief before that, but the coinage shift was symbolically loaded — a deliberate break with Qajar monetary tradition and an assertion of the new Pahlavi order.
KM#1101 was struck for only two regnal years before design revisions followed. The Imperial Iranian Mint at Tehran was still operating under significant technical constraints during this transitional period.