Iran AH1296 1000 dinars

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24083

This specimen was lot 24081 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. 1,000 Dinars (Kran), AH 1296 (1879). PCGS MS-65+ Secure Holder. Nice strike, toned on the reverse, obverse is brilliant." This type is listed for AH 1294-98 and many dates are common. It was roughly equal to a franc. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The largest silver coin was the five krans.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.60 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-899.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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