Iran AH1314 5000 dinars

Goldberg sale 100, lot 2338

This specimen was lot 2338 in Goldberg sale 100 (Los Angeles, September 2017), where it sold for $353. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Iran. 5000 Dinars (½ Dinars), AH1314. Muzaffar al-Din Shah, 1896-1907. Scarce. Very Fine." The SCWC lists this scarce type for AH 1314-1315. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The largest silver coin was the five krans.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.43 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-987.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 100: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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