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* [[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]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:27, 9 February 2026
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.
- 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.
Link to:
- AH 1268 toman, Mashhad mint
- AH 1268 toman, Rasht mint
- AH 1268 toman, Tabriz mint
- AH 1271 half kran, Tehran mint, facing bust
- AH 1271 kran, Astarabad Mint
- AH 1271 toman, Qazvin mint
- AH 1271 toman, Tehran mint
- AH 1271 2 toman, Kirmanshahan mint
- AH 1272 half toman, Tehran mint
- AH 1272 toman, Rasht mint
- AH 1272 toman, Tabaristan mint
- AH 1272 toman, Rasht mint, bust obverse
- AH 1281 2 toman, Mashhad mint
- Coins and currency dated 1854