Iran AH 1344 1000 dinars
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This specimen was lot 75667 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. 1000 Dinars, AH 1344 (1925/6). Tehran Mint. Ahmad Shah. PCGS MS-62. A SCARCE and appealing example, delivering rich details and charming retained brilliance. The sole example certified by either PCGS or NGC." This type was struck AH 1331-1344 during the reign of Ahmad Shah (r. 1909-25). Ahmad Shah left for Europe in 1923 and was absent during the coup of 1925 which ousted him.
Recorded mintage: 2,978,000.
Specification: 4.60 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-1056.
- 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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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