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Persian Empire (Persian Shahship)
Shah Sultan Hussein (1694-1722)
Denomination: abbasi (4 shahs)
Year indicated on the coin: 1131 (1719)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1130, 1131, 1133
Metal: silver
Diameter: 25.0-25.2 mm.
Edge type: smooth
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: the orientation of the obverse and reverse of this coin is broken and is about 120°
Signs on the coin: probably (?) no
Mint: Yerevan (marked - on the left scan below); part of Armenia at that time was part of Persia
Additional information: on the left scan it is written: Hussein, slave of the lord of the state (i.e. slave of Imam Ali), 1131, minted in Yerevan; on the right scan it is written: there is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the prophet of Allah, Ali is the vicar of Allah
Muzaffar al-Din Shah (1896-1907)
Denomination: 50 dinars
Year indicated on the coin: 1318 (1900)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1318, 1319, 1321
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 19.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 100 dinars
Year indicated on the coin: 1318 (1900)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1318, 1319, 1321
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 21.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Sultan Ahmad Shah (1909-1925)
Denomination: 2000 dinars (2 kranas)
Year indicated on the coin: 1330 (1912)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1330
Metal: silver (900th fineness)
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (
Denomination: 5000 dinars (5 kranes)
Year indicated on the coin: 1335 (1916-1917)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1331-1335, 1337, 1339-1344
Metal: silver (900th fineness)
Diameter: 36.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin depicts Sultan Ahmad Shah (years of life 1898-1930) - the last Shah of Persia from the Qajar dynasty
Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925-1935)
Denomination: 1000 dinars (1 crane)
Year indicated on the coin: 1305 (1926)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1304, 1305
Metal: silver (900th test)
Diameter: 23.5 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Persia
Additional information:
Denomination: 2000 dinars (2 kranas)
Year indicated on the coin: 1304 (1925)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1304, 1305
Metal: silver (900th proof)
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Persia
Additional information:
Denomination: 25 dinars
Year indicated on the coin: 1310 (1931)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1310
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 24.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (
Denomination: 50 dinars
Year indicated on the coin: 1319 (1940)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1315-1320
Metal: aluminum bronze
Diameter: 20.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: coin thickness 1.5 mm.
Shahanshah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (1941-1979)
Denomination: 50 dinars
Year indicated on the coin: 1347 (1968)
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1332-1336, 1342-1351, 1353, 1354
Metal: aluminum bronze (not attracted by a magnet)
Diameter: 20.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: coin thickness 1.0 mm.
Denomination: 1 rial
Year indicated on the coin: 1351 (1972)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1350, 1351, 1353, 1354
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 18.5 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed Mutual
position
of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin
: no
Denomination: 1 Rial
Year indicated on the coin: 1354 (1975)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1338-1354
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 18.5 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (
Denomination: 2 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1354 (1975)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1338-1354
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 22.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (
Denomination: 5 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1346 (1967)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1338-1346
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 26.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Iran
Additional information:
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1335 (1956)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1333, 1335-1341, 1343
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 31.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Iran
Additional information:
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1350 (1971)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1345-1352
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: denomination written in words
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1354 (1975)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1352-1354, 1357
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: denomination is indicated by a number
Denomination: 2 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 2535 (1976)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 2535
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 22.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Iran
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Pahlavi dynasty
Denomination: 5 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 2535 (1976)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 2535
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 25.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Iran
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Pahlavi dynasty
Denomination: 20 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 2535 (1976)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 2535
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 31.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Pahlavi dynasty; the coin depicts the shahanshah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (years of life 1919-1980)
Denomination: 50 dinars
Year indicated on the coin: 2537 (1978)
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 2535-2537
Metal: brass-plated steel (attracted by a magnet)
Diameter: 20.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: coin thickness is approximately 1.2 mm.
Denomination: 1 rial
Year indicated on the coin: 2537 (1978)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 2536, 2537
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 18.5 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Iran
Additional information:
Denomination: 5 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 2536 (1977)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 2536, 2537
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 25.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: Tehran (marked) Iran
Additional information:
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 2537 (1978)
The coin was produced with the years indicated: 2536, 2537
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed Mutual
position
of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin
: no
Islamic Republic of Iran (1979-present)
Denomination: 1 Rial
Year indicated on the coin: 1359 (1980)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1358-1367
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 18.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 2 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1360 (1981)
The coin was made with the indication of years: 1358-1367
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 22.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 5 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1362 (1983)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1358-1368
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 25.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1362 (1983)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1361-1367
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 20 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1362 (1983)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1358-1367
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 31.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: coins are shown on the right scan
Denomination: 50 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1361 (1982)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1359-1362, 1364, 1365
Metal: aluminum bronze
Diameter: 26.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth with an indented Farsi inscription
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 50 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1370 (1991)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1368-1370
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 26.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth with an indented Farsi inscription
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information:
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1358 (1979)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1358
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the first anniversary of the victory of the Islamic revolution, which is considered to be the beginning of the mass anti-Shah protests in January 1978, suppressed by government troops; in January 1979, after the country was paralyzed by constant strikes and rallies, the Shah left Iran with his family, and on February 1, 1979, the leader of the revolution, Khomeini, who was in exile in France, arrived in the country; 04/01/1979 after a popular referendum, Iran was officially proclaimed an Islamic republic; on the right scan, the coins are probably depicted
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1982 - 1361 - 1402
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1982
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 28.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed intermittent (sectoral corrugation)
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: probably the coin was issued on the occasion of the annual celebration in Iran - the World Day of Jerusalem (a holiday of anti-Semitism); this holiday was proclaimed in 1979 at the initiative of Ayatollah Khomeini, it is celebrated on the fourth Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan; the call is written on the coin in three languages - English, Farsi and Arabic: "Muslims, unite"; the right scan of the coin depicts the Dome of the Rock, which is located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel (view of the Temple Mount from the east); on the site of the Jerusalem temple destroyed by the Romans in 687-691.
two Arab engineers erected the Qubbat al-Sahra mosque or the “Dome of the Rock”, inside there is a ledge of the rock from which, according to legend, the prophet Muhammad made a miraj (in Islam, the ascension of the prophet Muhammad to heaven, which happened in 621); it is thanks to this ledge that Kubbat as-Sahra got its name; the left scan of the coin depicts the Kaaba - the main Muslim shrine in the form of a cubic building made of granite in the courtyard of the Forbidden Mosque in Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1989 - 1368 - 1409
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1989
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 21.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the edge of the coin is edged with dashes; probably the coin was issued on the occasion of the annual celebration in Iran - the World Day of Jerusalem (a holiday of anti-Semitism); the right scan of the coin depicts the Dome of the Rock, which is located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel; on the left scan of the coin is depicted
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1989 - 1368 - 1409
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1989
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 21.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the edge of the coin is edged with dots; probably the coin was issued on the occasion of the annual celebration in Iran - the World Day of Jerusalem; on the right scan of the coin is depicted
Denomination: 20 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1358 - 1400 (1979)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1358
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 31.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the 1400th anniversary of the Hijra or the migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 (from this event the Muslim lunar calendar begins)
Denomination: 20 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1359 (1980)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1359
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 31.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the second anniversary of the victory of the Islamic revolution (1979); on the left scan of the coin, red tulips are probably depicted
Denomination: 20 rials
Year indicated on the coin: the coin is not dated
The coin was made with the indication of the years:
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 31.0 mm.
Edge type: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin was issued in 1981 and is dedicated to the third anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution (1979); on the right scan of the coin, red tulips are probably depicted
Denomination: 20 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1368 (1989)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1368
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 24.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed intermittent (sectoral corrugation)
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: The coin is dedicated to the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, which took place in the period 1980-1988. (1359-1367), so-called in Iran - sacred defense; taking advantage of Iran's strained relations with Western countries, Iraq, having territorial claims to western Khuzestan, where the majority of the population were Arabs and there were huge oil reserves, invaded Iranian territory on September 22, 1980, which came as a complete surprise to the Iranian leadership; although Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein managed to achieve considerable success in the first months of the war, the offensive of the Iraqi army was soon stopped, Iranian troops launched a counteroffensive and by mid-1982 drove the Iraqis out of the country; Iranian leader Khomeini decided not to stop the war,
planning to "export" the revolution to Iraq as well (this plan relied primarily on the Shiite majority in eastern Iraq); however, after another 6 years of unsuccessful offensive attempts on both sides, a peace agreement was signed, and the Iran-Iraq border remained unchanged
Denomination: 50 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1367 (1988)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1367
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 26.0 mm.
Edge type: smooth with an indented Farsi inscription
Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the coin is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the victory of the Islamic revolution (1979)
Denomination: 5 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1373 (1994)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1371-1376, 1378
Metal: brass
Diameter: 19.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: on the left scan of the coin is shown
Denomination: 10 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1371 (1992)
The coin was made with the years indicated: 1371-1376
Metal: aluminum bronze
Diameter: 21.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: on the left scan of the coin there is a tombstone over the grave of the Persian poet Hakim Abulkasim Mansur Hasan Firdausi, which is called the gravestone of Firdausi; the exact dates of the birth and death of the poet are not known, the year of his birth is indicated both 935 and 940, and the year of death - both 1020 and 1030; this tombstone was erected in 1933 over the grave of Firdausi in the town of Tus, which is located 23 km.
north of the city of Mashhad (Iran); supposedly this town has now been renamed and is called Firdausi (another photo of the tombstone)
Denomination: 50 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1375 (1996)
The coin was produced with the years indicated: 1371-1378, 1380
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 26.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the tomb of the immaculate Fatima is depicted on the coin, which is located in the city of Qom (Iran); this tomb has several names, including the tomb of Hazrat Masumeh; Fatima was buried in the city of Qom in 816 (according to other sources in 817), since then her grave has become a place of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims; Fatima was the sister of the eighth Imam Reza, a descendant of the Prophet; when she was seventeen years old, she went on a long journey from the city of Mecca to the city of Merv, where her brother was languishing in exile; along the way of her korovan, she arrived in the city of Kum, where she died 17 days later from some kind of illness (possibly she was poisoned); after about 250 years, a dome was erected over the grave of Fatima, and later, over the centuries, other buildings were built nearby, turning the tomb into a religious complex
Denomination: 100 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1374 (1995)
The coin was made with the indication of years: 1372-1380
Metal: copper-nickel alloy
Diameter: 29.0 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: the tomb of Imam Reza is depicted on the coin (another photo), which is located in the city of Mashhad (Iran); Reza (name from birth - Ali ibn-Musa ibn-Jafar) was the eighth Shiite imam, who was killed in 818; the place of his burial was called Mashhad Al-Riza (place of martyrdom of Reza); a settlement grew around the tomb, which turned into the city of Mashhad; as a result of numerous wars, the tomb was often looted and rebuilt several times; in 1150, the revival and construction of the complex near the tomb began, which continued until the 20th century; the tomb of Imam Reza is a place of mass pilgrimage and is considered the holiest place in Iran; the architectural complex (tomb) includes the actual tomb of the imam, the tombs of other revered imams, a museum, a library, a cemetery, a mosque and several other structures
Denomination: 250 rials
Year indicated on the coin: 1378 (1999)
The coin was made with the indication of the years: 1372-1379, 1381, 1382
Bi- Metal: cupro-nickel/brass
Diameter: 28.5 mm.
Type of edge: ribbed
Mutual position of obverse and reverse: coin (180°)
Signs on the coin: no
Mint: not marked
Additional information: on the website of the Bank of Iran it is indicated that this coin depicts a blooming pomegranate (more photo); the Qur'an mentions that the pomegranate grows in the gardens of paradise and also as one of the good things created by the Almighty; pomegranate as an agricultural crop is widely cultivated in Asia and in particular in Iran; this country is the largest producer of pomegranates in the world; about 650 thousand tons of pomegranates are produced annually in Iran; pomegranate plantations in Iran cover an area of about 60 thousand hectares