Iran AH 1318 10 toman
This specimen was lot 1103 in Sincona sale 85 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 42,000 CHF (about US$56,557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Muzaffar al-Din Shah, 1313-1324 AH (1896-1907). 10 Tomans 1318 AH (1900/1901 AD), Tehran Mint. Lion & Sun type. Of the highest rarity, only two known specimens. NGC MS61. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 139. From the Turath collection, auction Spink & Son, London, October 1999, lot 393. Finest certified by NGC. The obverse of this 10 Toman of Mozaffar al-Din Shah is from an altered reverse die of Nasir al-Din Shah."
This ten toman is not mentioned in the SCWC or Friedberg. The only gold coin with a lion obverse noted therein is a 5000 dinars (half toman) of AH 1314-1315 (KM 987).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.74 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 28.64 g.
Catalog reference: KM -. Fr--.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 85, The Kian Collection - Part 1, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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