Iran AH 1334 1/4 kran
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This specimen was lot 7468 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. 1/4 Kran, AH 1334 (1916). Sultan Ahmad Shah. PCGS MS-65. Quite attractive, this little minor displays with satin gray surfaces and some peripheral charcoal toning." 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 type was struck AH 1332-1343. It is about the size of a British threepence.
Recorded mintage: 70,000, the best date.
Specification: 1.15 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-1051.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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