Iran (1880) toman
This specimen was lot 1022 in Sincona sale 85 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 1,100 CHF (about US$1,481 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Nasir al-Din Shah, 1264-1313 AH (1848-1896). 1 Toman n. d. (1297-1313 AH / 1880-1896 AD), Tehran Mint. Special bust type. Extremely rare. Extremely fine. Weakly struck. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 31. Bought from Spink & Son, London, 1990. This 1 Toman is not a regular issue and only very few examples are known."
With the coming of the milled coinage, all of the branch mints were closed and all production was completed in Tehran. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The auctioneers catalogued this as KM 989, which has a lion obverse. KM 938 has a bust obverse and is dated AH 1313/1310.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.87 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 2.89 g.
Catalog reference: KM 938.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 85, The Kian Collection - Part 1, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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