Iran SH1314 10 shahi
The first specimen was lot 1386 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Reza Shah, 1925-1941, AE 10 shahi, SH1314, scarce one year type, a lovely mostly red lustrous example! PCGS graded MS63 RB, S." The second specimen was lot 1309 in Sincona sale 85 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$162 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"IRAN, Reza Shah, 1304-1320 SH (1925-1941). 10 Shahi 1314 SH (1935 AD), Tehran Mint. Copper. NGC AU55 BN. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 330. Finest certified by NGC."
When Reza Shah seized the throne in 1925, he adopted the solar Hegira calendar, which used the Gregorian calendar but deducted 621 years. Thus, SH 1314 = 1935 AD. In 1931 the coinage system was reformed and 100 dinars = one rial. The ten shahi, originally a silver coin under the Qajars, became a copper coin.
Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.
Specification: 4.45 g, copper, 24.5 mm diameter, plain or reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-1126.
- 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.
- [2]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 85, The Kian Collection - Part 1, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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