Iran SH1322 50 dinars KM-1142a

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3020

This specimen was lot 3020 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $71.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN: Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979, AE 50 dinars, SH1322, WWII issue, a lovely example! NGC graded MS64 RB." In 1943, as a result of wartime metal shortages, the aluminum bronze fifty dinars (KM 1142, struck SH 1315-1332) was dropped in favor of this bronze composition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-1142a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• Iran SH1313 1/2 pahlavi
• Iran SH1315 1/2 rial
• SH 1323 10 rials
• SH 1323 pahlavi
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• return to coins of Iran