Iran SH1314 25 dinars

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2657

Sincona sale 85, lot 1300

The first specimen was lot 2657 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Reza Shah, 1925-1941, AE 25 dinars, SH1314, rare 1-year type, EF, R." The second specimen was lot 1300 in Sincona sale 85 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 300 CHF (about US$404 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[2] noted,

"IRAN, Reza Shah, 1304-1320 SH (1925-1941). 25 Dinars 1314 SH (1935 AD), Tehran Mint. Copper. NGC AU58 BN. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 329. Bought from S. Cordry, San Diego, 1983. 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. This issue superseded a copper-nickel coin of SH 1310 (KM 1125) and was accompanied by a copper five dinars (KM 1123a) and ten dinars (KM 1124a). The next issue of this denomination was in SH 1326, in the following reign.

Recorded mintage: 1,152,000.

Specification: 4.20 g, copper, 24.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1125a.

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 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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