Iran AH1323 1000 dinars
The Qajars were a group of Turkic origin who lived in the area of Azerbaijan. They were sympathetic to the Safavids, who ruled in Persia from 1501-1736 AD. The Qajar Dynasty began when Mohammad Khan Qajar seized Mashhad (then under Durrani suzerainty – see Afghanistan) and put an end to the Afsharid Dynasty. The Qajars were forced to fight several defensive wars against Russia, losing territory each time. Foreign powers became more involved in Persia as the strategic nature of the region became clear. The empire was nearly bankrupt by the end of the 1800’s, and the dynasty finally fell when Reza Khan, a commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, led a coup d’etat and launched the Pahlavi Dynasty in 1925 AD. This specimen was lot 1648 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $78. The catalog description[1] noted, "Iran. 1000 Dinars, AH1323. Muzaffar al-Din Shah, 1896-1907. NGC graded EF-40." This one year type accompanied a silver 500 dinars (KM 977) and 2000 dinars (KM 979).
Recorded mintage: 125,000.
Specification: 4.61 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-978.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.
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