Iran AH 1247 1/2 kran KM-709.7
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This specimen was lot 76497 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. Qajar Dynasy. 1/2 Kran, AH 1247 (1831/32). Shiraz Mint. Fath 'Ali Shah. NGC AU-58. The sole finest graded specimen yet holdered by NGC, the present example is nicely lustrous, with charming eye appeal and much retained allure." The Shiraz mint struck this "type E" half kran AH 1246-1248, one of eight mints to do so. Ten kran made a toman.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.45 g, silver.
Catalog reference: A-2895 (R); KM-709.7.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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