Iran SH1304 5000 dinars

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 56663

This specimen was lot 56663 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. 5000 Dinars, SH 1304 (1925). Tehran Mint. Reza Pahlavi. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." This silver crown was issued 1925-26 by the new Pahlavi regime which had just overthrown the bankrupt Qajars. The "SH" calendar was a solar version of the Muslim AH calendar which, being lunar based, starts on a different date each year.

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: 23.02 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-292; KM-1097.

Source:

• 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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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• AH 1343 (1924) 500 dinars
• AH 1343 (1924) 1000 dinars
• AH 1343 (1924) gold 2000 dinars
• AH 1343 (1924) gold 5000 dinars
• AH 1343 (1924) toman
• AH 1344 1000 dinars
• AH 1344 silver 2000 dinars
• SH 1304 ¼ kran/250 dinars
• SH 1304 500 dinars
• SH 1304 1000 dinars
• SH 1305 50 dinars
• SH 1305 100 dinars
• SH 1305 1000 dinars
• SH 1305 2000 dinars
• SH 1305 toman
• SH 1305 2 pahlavi
• SH 1305 5 pahlavi
• SH 1306 5000 dinars, lion obverse
• SH 1306 (1927) 5000 dinars/5 krans
• Coins and currency dated 1925