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Revision as of 14:13, 6 September 2023
This specimen was lot 853 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $822.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN: Reza Shah, 1925-1941, AR 2000 dinars, SH1306-H, Heaton mint specimen strike, NGC graded Proof 63, R. Only 40 specimen pieces struck and thus rare." The Qajar empire was nearly bankrupt by the end of the 1800’s, and the dynasty finally fell when Reza Khan, a commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, led a coup d’etat and launched the Pahlavi Dynasty in 1925 AD. This silver coin is listed for SH1306-1308; this denomination was accompanied by a 500 dinars (KM 1102), 1000 dinars (KM 1103) and 5000 dinars (KM 1106).
Recorded mintage: 11,714,000 + proofs.
Specification: 9.21 g, .900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-1104.
- 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 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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