Iran AH 1332 1/4 kran

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3013

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, led a coup d’etat and launched the Pahlavi Dynasty in 1925 AD. This specimen was lot 3013 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $83.30. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Ahmad Shah, 1909-1925, AR ¼ kran (rob'i), AH1332, a lovely mint state example! NGC graded MS63." This type was struck 1332-1343. It is about the size of a British threepence.

Recorded mintage: 252,000 for 1332-33.

Specification: 1.15 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1051.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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