Iran AH 1333 5000 dinars Fr-85
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 3016 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $166.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Ahmad Shah, 1909-1925, AV 5000 dinars, AH1333, NGC graded AU58." This type is listed for AH 1331-1343 (1912-24) with several dates valued at barely above bullion. This example shows an open wreath on the reverse; closed wreath reverses (KM 1072) also exist for this date. Ahmad Shah, the last Qajar shah, was officially overthrown in 1925 but had left Iran in 1923 for Europe, never to return.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.44 g, 0.900 fine gold, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-85, KM-1071.
- 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, 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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