Iran AH 1297 5000 dinars KM-914
This specimen was lot 1071 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR 5000 dinars, Tehran, AH1297, a scarce two-year type, PCGS graded AU55, S." This specimen shows the transition to machine struck decimal coinage, which had been planned for some time but was finally implemented in AH 1293-1294. At that time, all the branch mints were closed in favor of the central mint at Tehran. This type was struck AH 1296-1297 and is scarce. It replaced KM A914 with a different reverse. The first decimal issues were KM 882 (copper 25 dinars), KM 883 (copper 50 dinars), KM 892 (silver quarter kran or 250 dinars), KM A914 (silver 5000 dinars), KM 925 (gold 5000 dinars) and KM 930 (gold toman or 10,000 dinars). Other denominations were added later.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 23.02 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-914, Y-13.
- 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.
Link to:
- AH 1293 silver 5000 dinars
- AH 1294-FP 50 dinars
- Iran AH 1294 1/4 kran
- AH 1295 kran
- AH 1296 silver 5000 dinars
- AH 1296 gold 5000 dinars
- AH 1297 shahi = 50 dinars
- Iran AH1297 1/4 kran
- AH 1297 500 dinars
- AH 1297 1000 dinars
- AH 1297 silver 2000 dinars
- AH 1297 gold 2000 dinars
- (1879) gold 5000 dinars
- AH 1297 gold 5000 dinars
- AH 1297 toman, no obverse legend
- AH 1297 toman, obverse legend
- AH 1297 2 toman
- AH 1297 10 toman, lion on obverse
- AH 1297-H 10 toman
- Coins and currency dated 1879