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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.
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]
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 ]
A 2000 Dinar/2 Qiran coin of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar era. The qiran (Persian: قران; also Romanized kran) was a currency of Iran between 1825 and 1932. It was subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and was worth one tenth of a toman. The rial replaced the qiran at par in 1932, although it was divided into one hundred (new) dinars. Despite ...
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]
Mohammad Reza Shah crowning his wife, Empress Farah, at their coronation in 1967.. The crown jewels were last used by the Pahlavi dynasty, the last to rule Iran.The splendor of the collection came to the attention of the western world largely through their use by Mohammad Reza Shah and his Shahbanu, Farah Pahlavi, during official ceremonies and state visits.
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Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی; née Diba [دیبا]; born 14 October 1938) is the former Queen and last Empress (شهبانو, Shahbânu) of Iran and is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. She was born into a prosperous Iranian family whose fortunes were diminished after her father's early death.