Iran AH 1327 toman
This specimen was lot 1165 in Sincona sale 85 (Zurich, October 2023), where it sold for 6,000 CHF (about US$8,080 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"IRAN, Muhammad Ali Shah, 1324-1327 AH (1907-1909). 1 Toman 1327 AH (1909/1910 AD), Tehran Mint. Bust type. Very rare. NGC AU58. From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 183. From the Mortimer Hammel collection, Stack's Bowers, New York, 1982. Finest certified by NGC."
This rare type was struck only in AH 1327.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.87 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 2.82 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1026, Fr-78.
- 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Link to:
- AH 1324 (1906) toman, Muhammad Ali Shah
- AH 1324 (1906) toman, Muzaffar al-Din Shah
- AH 1326 (1908) gold 5000 dinars, Muzaffar al-Din Shah
- AH 1327 shahi
- AH 1327 ¼ kran
- AH 1327 500 dinars, bust obverse
- AH 1327 1000 dinars
- AH 1328 (1910) 1000 dinars
- AH 1328 (1910) gold 2000 dinars
- AH 1328 (1910) gold 5000 dinars
- AH 1329 (1911) 2000 dinars
- AH 1329 (1911) toman
- Coins and currency dated 1909