Iran SH1308 1000 dinars

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75675

This specimen was lot 75675 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. 1000 Dinars, SH 1308 (1929). Tehran Mint. Reza Shah. NGC AU-58." After Reza Pahlavi overthrew the Qajars and seized the throne for himself, he continued the old denominations for several years, substituting his name and adopting a new dating system. The SH calendar is a solar version of the Hegira calendar which, being lunar based, starts on a different date each year. This type was struck SH 1306-1308

Recorded mintage: 603,000.

Specification: 4.60 g, 0.900 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1103.

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, 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.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1929