Iran AH1334 5000 dinars

Steve Album sale 16, lot 1398

Courtesy Steve Album

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 1398 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it sold for $165.20. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Sultan Ahmad Shah, 1909-1925, AV 5000 dinars, AH1334, Brilliant Unc." This type is listed for AH 1331-1343 (1912-24) with several dates valued at barely above bullion.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.

Specification: 1.43 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-85, KM 1071.

Sources:

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

^[1]Album, Stephen. Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 16. Santa Rosa, 2013. Stephen Album Rare Coins.
Mitchiner, Michael. Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications.

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