Iran AH1316 5000 dinars

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from Steve Album sale 27, lot 1015
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This specimen was lot 1015 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $329. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Muzaffar al-Din Shah, 1896-1907, AV 5000 dinars, AH1316. Obverse die cracks, otherwise nearly flawless, PCGS graded MS63 Secure Holder." The SCWC lists this scarce type for AH 1319-1324 but not AH 1316. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The largest silver coin was the five krans.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.44 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-994.1.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

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