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Revision as of 13:09, 10 November 2023
This specimen was lot 1020 in Sincona sale 85 (Zurich, October 2023), where it sold for 10,000 CHF (about US$13,466 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Nasir al-Din Shah, 1264-1313 AH (1848-1896). 1 Toman 1294 AH (1877 AD), Tehran Mint. Lion & Sun type. Very rare date. NGC MS62. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 23. Bought from Spink & Son, London, 1991. Finest certified by NGC."
With the coming of the milled coinage, all of the branch mints were closed and all production was completed in Tehran. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. This type is listed for AH 1294 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 3.24 g.
Catalog reference: KM 931.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 85, The Kian Collection - Part 1, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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