I just received a coin in a deal from a user on another forum, and have a concern about it - namely that I can't find any record of it existing, or a picture to compare it to, or dimensions, or anything of the sort. Pics: http://imgur.com/a/gpRBx The coin in question is an Iranian azadi, dated 1385SH (2006). Numista lists the azadi being made up to 1996. Krause lists a half azadi in 2002 and 2004, but no full azadi since 1996. The 1996 azadi (KM# 1264) seems to be the same coin. My other, more minor concern, is that the reeding on the edge is very strange. It is almost as if it's reversed. Instead of the reeding being a series of indentations into the coin, the reeding on this one appears to be a series of extremely shallow, narrow ridges, but in relief. Basically, can anyone point me to a reference saying that this coin actually exists? Even better would be a good high-res picture and some dimensions. Does anyone have a known good one of these they can check the edge on?
well I looked and found nothing. it looks very much like the 1996 KM#1264 but the bottom writing is different. my guess is that you have a pattern coin maybe ?
well I found this on Ebay- Iran Persian gold, 1 Bahar, Azadi "Spring of Freedom" link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1374-Iran-P...3525417?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item51bb3a84a9 the writing part under the head 4th mark looks like an up side down heart. different than yours. not sure if this helped you at all ???
I am out of ideas. I did a search in my catalogs in the surrounding countries of Iran and still came up with nothing in my catalogs...my first guess Turkey...wrong. lol
Ta Da. I figured it out. Your coin is indeed Iran KM#1264 your date he gave you was incorrect. it is SH1375(1996) I figured it out looking up in my catalog what that up side down heart number was/is 5... in the "standard international numeral systems under "Malay-Persian numbers vs. the western our number system. that up side down heart looks like a 5 meaning there are only 4 dates for this coin: 1370-1991 1373-1994 1374-1995 1375-1996 yours is 1375-1996 .900 gold, weight 8.1360g. or 0.2354 oz. grade/value XF-$BV, UNC-$450.00 awesome coin by the way.
wait the date he gave you 1385 is correct Persian number wise on your coin. ugh! I am not sure now . this is gonna drive me nuts. what does your coin weigh ? and what is the size of your coin in millimeters ?
ok I found your date on a completed auction on Ebay. link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-1g-SEALED...ter-PAHLAVI-/321332550355?hash=item4ad0e99ad3 they added "date after Pahlavi"... not sure what that means ??? hope this helped ?
ask.com: Pah·la·vi [pah-luh-vee] NOUN [PLURAL PAH·LA·VIS] 1. shah of Iran 1941–79; in exile after 1979 (son of Riza Shah Pahlavi). 2. shah of Iran 1925–41. 3. (lowercase) a former gold coin of Iran, equal to 20 rials.
Haha, no, the date the seller gave me was incorrect all around - I think he said this was a 1375 (but he also said that the 1324 pahlavi I got at the same time was a 1334). If that were the case, it'd be easy. Unfortunately, that date is definitely 1385.
It weighs 8.11g, and is approximately 22 mm in diameter. I'm also pretty confident it's .900 gold. It looks like it, sounds like it, and has specific gravity like it.
I did see that earlier. However, I'm not sure how confident I am using an ebay listing (one that clearly has some issues - broken english, inconsistently listed purity, etc.) to authenticate this. After Pahlavi refers to the previous gold coin of Iran, the pahlavi. I see you saw my post in the recent acquisitions thread - this coin is the one in the middle, the two beside it are pahlavis. On the left is a 1338 (1959), and on the right is a 1324 (1945). The earlier ones are in super-high relief, and are absolutely incredible in hand.
