Iran AH 1237 toman Fr-34

Goldberg sale 115, lot 1937

This specimen was lot 1937 in Goldberg sale 115 (Los Angeles, February 2020), where it sold for $252. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Iran. Toman, AH1237 (1821). Fath Ali Shah, 1797-1834. Arab legend on each side. PCGS graded About Uncirculated Details (Tooled)." This type was struck at Barujerd (KM 753.1), Hamadan (KM 753.3), Kashan (KM 753.5), Kirmanshahan (KM 753.7), Qazvin (KM 753.8), Rasht (KM 753.9), Shiraz (KM 753.10), Tabriz (KM 753.11), Yazd (KM 753.13), Yerevan (KM 753.15), Zanjan (KM 753.14) and others. Neither the cataloguers or we were able to attribute this example by mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.61 g, gold, this specimen 4.56 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-34; KM-753.

Source:

• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.* ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 115: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• AH 1233 toman, Kashan mint
• AH 1233 toman, Shiraz mint
• AH 1233 toman, Yazd mint
• AH 1234 rial, Tehran mint
• AH 1234 (1818) toman, Yazd mint
• AH 1236 (1820) toman, Tabriz mint
• AH 1238 toman, Isfahan mint
• Coins and currency dated 1821