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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 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.
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]
Darius I (521–486 BC) introduced a new thick gold coin which had a standard weight of 8.4 grams, [3] [4] equaling in value 20 silver coins. The gold used in the coins was of very high quality with a purity of 95.83% [ 5 ] and it bore the image of the Persian king or a great warrior armed with a bow and arrow .
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]
ʿAbbāsī (Persian: عباسی) was a name applied to gold and silver coins in Iran first issued by the Safavid Shah Abbas I (r. 1588–1629). It was in use until the early 20th century. These coins bore no face values and were passed by weight. [1]
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 ...
The Achaemenid Empire issued coins from 520 BC–450 BC to 330 BC. The Persian daric was the first gold coin which, along with a similar silver coin, the siglos (from Ancient Greek: σίγλος, Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל, shékel) represented the first bimetallic monetary standard. [5]