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[[Image:Sincona88-0203.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 88, lot 203]]
 
[[Image:Sincona88-0203.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 88, lot 203]]
  
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This specimen was lot 203 in Sincona sale 88 (Zurich, May 2024), where it sold for 10,500 CHF (about US$13,875 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[Iran|IRAN]], Qajar Dynasty, Naser al-Din Shah, 1264-1313 (1848-1896). 2 Toman 1271 AH (1855), Isfahan Mint. Shah on the Peacock Throne. ''Äusserst selten, Henkelspur;'' Extremely rare. NGC AU Details. Mount mark. Purchased from S. Album, Santa Rosa, California, in 1989."</blockquote> Nothing resembling this coin appears in the SCWC, which mentions double tomans for Kirmanshahan ([[Iran AH 1271 2 toman KM-859|KM 859]]), Mashhad and Tabriz.
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This specimen was lot 203 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 10,500 CHF (about US$13,875 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"[[Iran|IRAN]], Qajar Dynasty, Naser al-Din Shah, 1264-1313 (1848-1896). 2 Toman 1271 AH (1855), Isfahan Mint. Shah on the Peacock Throne. ''Äusserst selten, Henkelspur;'' Extremely rare. NGC AU Details. Mount mark. Purchased from S. Album, Santa Rosa, California, in 1989."</blockquote> Nothing resembling this coin appears in the SCWC, which mentions double tomans for Kirmanshahan ([[Iran AH 1271 2 toman KM-859|KM 859]]), Mashhad and Tabriz.
  
 
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* 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.
 
* 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.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
  
 
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* [[Iran AH 1268 toman KM-853.11|AH 1268 toman, Tabriz mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1268 toman KM-853.11|AH 1268 toman, Tabriz mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 1/2 kran|AH 1271 half kran, Tehran mint, facing bust]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 1/2 kran|AH 1271 half kran, Tehran mint, facing bust]]
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* [[Iran AH 1271 kran KM 824.2|AH 1271 kran, Astarabad Mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 toman KM-853.7|AH 1271 toman, Qazvin mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 toman KM-853.7|AH 1271 toman, Qazvin mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 toman KM-858|AH 1271 toman, Tehran mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 toman KM-858|AH 1271 toman, Tehran mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 2 toman KM-859|AH 1271 2 toman, Kirmanshahan mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1271 2 toman KM-859|AH 1271 2 toman, Kirmanshahan mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1272 1/2 toman KM-860|AH 1272 half toman, Tehran mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1272 1/2 toman KM-860|AH 1272 half toman, Tehran mint]]
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* [[Iran AH 1272 toman KM-853.8|AH 1272 toman, Rasht mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1272 toman KM-853.10|AH 1272 toman, Tabaristan mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1272 toman KM-853.10|AH 1272 toman, Tabaristan mint]]
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* [[Iran AH 1272 toman KM-861.2|AH 1272 toman, Rasht mint]]
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* [[Iran AH 1272 toman KM-861.2|AH 1272 toman, Rasht mint, bust obverse]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1281 2 toman KM-864|AH 1281 2 toman, Mashhad mint]]
 
* [[Iran AH 1281 2 toman KM-864|AH 1281 2 toman, Mashhad mint]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1854]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1854]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]][[Category:Coinage of the Qajar Dynasty]]
 
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 88, 89, 90, 91]][[Category:Coinage of the Qajar Dynasty]]

Latest revision as of 11:27, 9 February 2026

Sincona sale 88, lot 203

This specimen was lot 203 in Sincona sale 88 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 10,500 CHF (about US$13,875 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"IRAN, Qajar Dynasty, Naser al-Din Shah, 1264-1313 (1848-1896). 2 Toman 1271 AH (1855), Isfahan Mint. Shah on the Peacock Throne. Äusserst selten, Henkelspur; Extremely rare. NGC AU Details. Mount mark. Purchased from S. Album, Santa Rosa, California, in 1989."

Nothing resembling this coin appears in the SCWC, which mentions double tomans for Kirmanshahan (KM 859), Mashhad and Tabriz.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.7 g, gold, this specimen 6.89 g.

Catalog reference: Album 2923A. KM unlisted.

Source:

  • Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
  • 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 88, The Kian Collection - Part II, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.

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