Iran AH 1207 1/4 toman KM-625

Stack's Bowers 2020 ANA sale, lot 23070

This specimen was lot 23070 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. Qajar Dynasty. 1/4 Toman, AH 1207 (1792). Khuy Mint. Agha Muhammad Khan. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. A well struck and almost perfectly centered coin, on a grainy planchet." The SCWC lists only AH 1208.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.05 g, gold, this specimen 2.11 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-31b; KM-625.

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, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• AH 1171 rupi, Mazandaran mint
• Iran AH 1175 1/4 mohur Tabriz mint
• AH 1206 (1791) rial, Tabriz mint
• AH 1206 (1791) half toman, Yazd mint
• AH 1207 half toman, Rasht mint
• AH 1207 half toman, Qazwin mint
• AH 1207 half toman, Isfahan mint
• AH 1208 quarter toman, Khuy mint
• Coins and currency dated 1792