Iran AH 1337 500 dinars

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1381

This specimen was lot 1381 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $3,360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Ahmad Shah, 1909-1924, AR 500 dinars, AH1337, a very rare date! PCGS graded MS62, RRR. According to the Standard Catalog of World Coins, 10,000 coins were reported struck in AH1337, but probably were dated AH1336. This has so far been an unconfirmed date, but is now confirmed and extremely rare." This type was struck AH 1331-1339 and 1343.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 for AH 1336-37.

Specification: 2.30 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1054

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 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

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• Coins and currency dated 1918