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1 Azadi
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Azadi ("freedom") gold series was introduced in 1979 following the Islamic Revolution as a direct replacement for the Pahlavi coinage, which bore the deposed Shah's portrait. The 1984 date places this piece squarely within the Iran-Iraq War, a conflict that put enormous pressure on Iran's foreign reserves and made gold coin issuance partly a tool for managing domestic monetary confidence rather than purely ceremonial production.
The KM#1248.1 designation distinguishes this from later die varieties. Fineness held at .900 throughout the series, matching the old Pahlavi standard — a pragmatic continuity that made the coins immediately legible to a public already familiar with gold as a savings vehicle.