Iran AH1300 5000 dinars
This specimen was lot 24083 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAN. 1/2 Toman, AH 1300 (1883). NGC AU Details--Bent. Slightly bent, nicely struck with a bold portrait." The SCWC lists this scarce type for AH 1297-1313. One thousand dinars made a kran and ten kran made a toman. The largest silver coin was the five krans.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.43 g, .900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-63; KM-927.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- Coins and currency dated 1882