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Iranian Silver? - Nope...

Postby JTM3 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:18 pm

Anyone know much about Iranian coins? At my work, we got in 5 Iranian coins, and they sound like they're silver. One of them is fairly small, about the size of a dime with a marking that looks like a "1" on it, two that are maybe slightly larger than quarters, maybe, with "upside-down hearts" on them :oops: , and 1 slightly smaller than a half-dollar and one about the same size a s a half dollar with the bust of the Shah :?: on them. I can't find much online about them.

Thanks for the help!
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby JTM3 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:08 pm

Okay, so the 1 is a 1 and the "heart" is a 5. haha!
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby Thogey » Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:15 pm

Pictures?
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby JTM3 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:52 pm

Sorry, I didn't have a camera at work. I'll try to get them tomorrow...
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby AGCoinHunter » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:44 pm

Yes, I know a little bit as I found a iranian silver a few years back. Bout the size of a half. I will post a pic if I can find it.
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:08 pm

Someone else here once posted this link to a site that has info on silver content for coins of the world. I didn't see Iran among the countries listed. Maybe they didn't mint silver coins in Iran.

http://currencydebasement.com/high-silver
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby JTM3 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:14 pm

TwoAndAHalfCents wrote:Someone else here once posted this link to a site that has info on silver content for coins of the world. I didn't see Iran among the countries listed. Maybe they didn't mint silver coins in Iran.

http://currencydebasement.com/high-silver


Yeah, I checked there and couldn't find anything on them. :(


AGCoinHunter wrote:Yes, I know a little bit as I found a iranian silver a few years back. Bout the size of a half. I will post a pic if I can find it.


Oh, please share! I believe what I have are 1 and 5 Rial (?) coins, and I can't figure out what the two largest ones are.
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby justoneguy » Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:40 pm

try numista.com
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/iran-1.html
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby JTM3 » Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:22 pm

justoneguy wrote:try numista.com
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/iran-1.html


Oh, thanks justoneguy. According to that site, there is a slight possibility that the 1 Rial coin is .600 fine and the 5 Rial coins might be .828 or .600 fine, of course they may just be cupro-nickel like the 2 larger ones. :cry:
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby Somnophore » Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:53 am

Are they dated? I vaguely remember pre 1953 as the silver cut off for Iran, the one could be a 1 Rial
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Re: Iranian Silver?

Postby JTM3 » Sun Aug 07, 2011 11:54 am

Checked the dates; no silver :(
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Re: Iranian Silver? - Nope...

Postby AGCoinHunter » Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:35 pm

Yeah, it seems like 1952 was the cutoff for silver. Here is a picture of the one I found.


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Also found this while looking up the dates which might be helpful.

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