Iran AH 1296 5000 dinars Fr-56
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This specimen was lot 1854 in Goldberg sale 122 (Los Angeles, June 2021), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted, "Iran. ½ Toman, AH1296 (1879). Nasir Al-Din, 1848-1896. NGC graded MS-62." The SCWC lists this scarce type for AH 1296 and 1309. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The largest silver coin was the five krans. With the coming of the milled coinage, all of the branch mints were closed and all production was completed in Tehran.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.44 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-56; KM-921.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 122: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2021.
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