Iran SH1314 5 dinars
The first specimen was lot 4293 in Sincona sale 67 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$329 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN | Pahlavi Dynasty | Rezâ Shâh, 1344-1360 H./1304-1320 ShH./1925-1941 AD, Copper coinage. 5 Dinars in copper 1314 ShH/1935 AD. As above. Very rare. Very fine."
The second specimen was lot 1383 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[2] noted, "IRAN: Reza Shah, 1925-1941, AE 5 dinars, SH1314, very rare 1-year type, VF-EF, RR." The third specimen was lot 1305 in Sincona sale 85 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 525 CHF (about US$707 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[3] noted,
"IRAN, Reza Shah, 1304-1320 SH (1925-1941). 5 Dinars 1314 SH (1935 AD), Tehran Mint. Copper. NGC AU Details. Obverse slightly cleaned. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 325. Bought from S. Cordry, San Diego, 1983."
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 system was reformed and 100 dinars = one rial. The new pahlavi was raised to match the British sovereign in gold content. The five dinars was last struck in SH 1321.
Recorded mintage: 480,000.
Specification: 2.15 g, copper, 18.2 mm diameter, the first specimen 2.11 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1123a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 67, Persian Coins and Medals, World Orders and Decorations, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.
- [2]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.
- [3]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 85, The Kian Collection - Part 1, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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