Iran AH 1342 5000 dinars

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3015

This specimen was lot 3015 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $53.55. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Ahmad Shah, 1909-1925, AR 5000 dinars, AH1342, lustrous, environmental damage but still a very attractive example! NGC graded About Unc." This type was struck AH 1331-1344. This denomination was also struck in gold (Fr-85), where it was called a half toman.

Recorded mintage: 546,000 including an AH 1342/32 overdate.

Specification: 23.03 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1058.

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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