Iran AH1320 5000 dinars

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22578

This specimen was lot 22578 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $199.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. 5,000 Dinars, AH 1320 (1902). NGC MS-64. Radiant lion holding sword within crowned wreath. Sharply struck with attractive toning and strong underlying luster." The SCWC lists this scarce type for AH 1320 only. The SCWC states that the mintage was underreported as KM 976 is much more common than KM 980 (AH 1322), KM 981 (AH1324) and KM 1018 (AH1327). One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The largest silver coin was the five krans.

Recorded mintage: 250,000.

Specification: 23.03 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-976.

Source:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• 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 and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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