Iran AH 1256 toman KM-809.5

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Stephen Album sale 47, lot 2076

This specimen was lot 2076 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "QAJAR: Muhammad Shah, 1837-1848, AV toman, Tabriz, AH1256, type S, slightly bent, VF." The Tabriz mint struck this denomination for Muhammed Shah in type R (AH 1250 and 1254) and S (AH 1255-1261). Other mints striking type S tomans include Mashhad, Rasht, Shiraz, Isfahan and Tehran.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.84 g, gold, this specimen 3.41 g.

Catalog reference: A-2903, KM 809.5.

Source:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • 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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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