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10 Pahlavi - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Silver Pattern
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi facing left, rendered in high relief with fine portraiture detail. A curved Persian legend arcs around the upper field, reading the Shah's full royal titles. The Imperial Iranian Solar Hijri date 2537 is inscribed in Persian numerals along the lower field beneath the portrait. The design occupies a broad, flat field framed by a reeded border. |
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| Mintage | 2537 (1978) |
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Pattern coins from the final years of Mohammad Reza Shah's reign are historically loaded objects. By 1978, the revolution was already underway in the streets — Jaleh Square and the Black Friday massacre occurred that September, and the Shah declared martial law within months. A silver pattern struck that year was almost certainly never going to reach production, and it didn't. The Islamic Republic abolished the Pahlavi monetary series entirely upon coming to power in 1979.
KM#Pn48 is sparsely documented, with surviving examples likely numbering in the single digits.