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The last Pahlavi coin minted in 1978 with coinage date of 1979. The first Bahar Azadi (Imami) Coin with the left portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini as seen in Pahlavi gold coins (left head of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi); minted only in 1991. The gold coin has a purity rate of 90% and weighs 8.13598 grams. [citation needed]
The Iran Mercantile Exchange (Persian: بورس کالای ایران, IME) is a commodities exchange located in Tehran, Iran.Established on 20 September 2007 from the merger of the Tehran Metal Exchange and the Iran Agricultural Exchange, IME trades in agricultural, metal and mineral, oil and petrochemical products in the spot market and gold coin in the futures market.
The last gold coin of Iran in Toman Currency system; on the commemorative of Nowruz celebration; 1926. The first Pahlavi coins, which were minted from 1926 to 1929, only in gold purity (0.900) and coin margins (oak and olive branches) were similar to Qajar coins, and differs from not only in terms of design, type and timeline, but they changed fundamentally in their weight and calendar system.
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The first coins of the second rial currency, introduced in 1932, were in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 25 dinars, Rl 1 ⁄ 2, Rl 1, Rls 2 and Rls 5, with the Rls 1 ⁄ 2 to Rls 5 coins minted in silver. Gold coins denominated in pahlavi were also issued, initially valued at Rls 100. In 1944, the silver coinage was reduced in size, with the ...
Gold dinars (Middle Persian: dēnār, ultimately from Latin denarius aureus) were also introduced by Ardashir I, the first Sasanian ruler. [6] [3] Gold coinage was unknown to the Parthian monetary system, the predecessor of the Sasanian. [3] Gold Sasanian coins weigh between 7 and 7.4 grams until Shapur III's reign (383–388). [6]
Iranian gold coins were denominated in toman, with copper and silver coins denominated in dinar, rial or qiran. During the period of hammered coinage, gold toman coins were struck in denominations of 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2 and 10 toman, [9] and later 1 ⁄ 5, 3 and 6 toman. [10]
It was in use until the early 20th century. These coins bore no face values and were passed by weight. [1] While the Iranian abbasi was also widespread in eastern Georgia, [2] which was under the Iranian sway, the coin soon after also came to be minted at the mint in Tiflis (Tbilisi), [3] where they were colloquially known as abazi. [3]