Some of the figures I posted where published in newspapers that were reproduced at the Kitco forum. I can't read Farsi but other Iranians read that thread and didn't flag it up.

There's another thing, the gold coins referred to are the Azadi, a low seigniorage version of the sovereign (1/4 pound) with Khomeini on the face. Some affinity with gold must exist among Iranians (at least the bourgeoisie) to justify this mintage.

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