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[[Image:SB924-76518o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 76518]]
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This specimen was lot 76518 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Iran|IRAN]]. Qajar Dynasty. Kran, AH 1268 (1851/52). Kirman Mint. Nasir al-Din Shah. NGC EF-45. Appealing on account of a bold strike and reserved brilliance, this appealing Kran is certain to please." This specimen was offered again as lot 38782 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $65. This type was struck at Kirman AH 1265, 1268-1293, one of 18 mints total. One kran was one thousand dinars and one toman was ten krans.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 4.99-5.37 g, silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' A-2930; KM-824.8. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Iran AH 1266 kran KM-824.10|AH 1266 (1849) kran, Mashhad mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1268 toman KM-853.6|AH 1268 toman, Mashhad mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1268 toman KM-853.8|AH 1268 toman, Rasht mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1268 toman KM-853.11|AH 1268 toman, Tabriz mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1271 kran KM 824.2|AH 1271 (1854) kran, Astarabad Mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1275 kran KM-824.4|AH 1275 (1858) kran, Herat mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1851]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Coinage of the Qajar Dynasty]]