Iran AH 1281 25 dinars KM-Pn2
This specimen was lot 1068 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AE 25 dinars, Tehran, AH1281, pattern type, a wonderful specimen example with original red mint luster! PCGS graded Specimen 64 RB, RR. Although the mint name appears as Tehran on this type, it was likely struck at a European mint, perhaps Brussels, Belgium. Very rare so nice with only one example graded higher by PCGS!" This specimen shows the transition to machine struck decimal coinage, which change was not accomplished for some years later. At that time, all the branch mints were closed in favor of the central mint at Tehran.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-Pn2.
- 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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