Iran AH 1297-H 10 toman

Goldberg sale 106, lot 1773

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, held a coup d’etat and launched the Pahlavi Dynasty in 1925 AD.

This specimen was lot 1773 in Goldberg sale 106 (Los Angeles, September 2018), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Iran. 10 Tomans, AH1297 (1880). Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-96. Uniformed bust looking left. Reverse: Legend within circle and designed border. Rare. NGC graded EF-45."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.74 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-59; KM-945.

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, 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 106: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.
Mitchiner, Michael. Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications.

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