Iran AH 1332 1000 dinars

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3014

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 3014 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $89.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Ahmad Shah, 1909-1925, AR 1000 dinars, AH1332, attractive light tone, well struck, NGC graded MS62." This type was struck AH 1331-1344 and is common.

Recorded mintage: 1,891,000, a common date.

Specification: 4.61 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1056.

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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