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[[Image:SA39-2698o.jpg|300px|thumb|Steve Album sale 38, lot 2698]]
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This specimen was lot 2698 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "QAJAR: Nasir al-Din Shah, 1848-1896, AR ½ qiran, Tehran, AH1274, lovely strike, with full bold portrait of the Shah, EF, ex Dabestani Collection." The SCWC lists AH 1270-1271, 1275-1278 but not AH 1274. This bust also appears on a gold toman ([[Iran AH 1274 toman KM-861.3|KM 861.3]]).

''Specification:'' 2.49-2.68 g, silver, this specimen 2.44 g.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown, but a common mint.

''Catalog reference:'' A-2935, KM-823.13.

''[[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>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020. 

''Links to:''
* [[Iran AH 1273 1/2 kran KM-828.3|AH 1273 half kran, Tehran mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1273 kran KM-824.2|AH 1273 kran, Astarabad mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1273 1/2 toman KM-852.2|AH 1273 half toman, Isfahan mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1274 1/8 kran KM-821.1|AH 1274 1/8 kran, Hamadan mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1274 toman|AH 1274 toman, Isfahan mint, shah seated]]
* [[Iran AH 1274 toman KM-853.7|AH 1274 toman, Qazwin mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1274 toman KM-853.11|AH 1274 toman, Tabriz mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1274 toman KM-861.3|AH 1274 toman, Tehran mint, portrait type]]
* [[Iran AH 1275 1/2 kran KM-823.1|AH 1275 half kran, Astarabad mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1275 1/2 kran KM-828.3|AH 1275 (1858) half kran, Tehran mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1275 kran KM-824.4|AH 1275 (1858) kran, Herat mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1278 1/8 kran KM-821.9|AH 1278 (1861) 1/8 kran, Tehran mint]]
* [[Iran AH 1278 toman KM-853.11|AH 1278 toman, Tabriz mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1857]]
* return to coins of [[Iran]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 39]][[Category:Coinage of the Qajar Dynasty]]