Iran AH 1253 toman KM-809.3

Steve Album sale 39, lot 697

This specimen was lot 697 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "QAJAR: Muhammad Shah, 1837-1848, AV toman, Rasht, AH1253, off-center strike, some flatness at the margins, first series, struck to the heavier standard, reduced to 3.45 g in AH1255, VF-EF, R." This "type S" toman was struck AH 1255-1262 at Rasht (shown here) and Mashhad, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and Tehran.

Recorded Mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.84 g, gold, this specimen 3.81 g.

Catalog reference: A-2903, KM 809.3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Album, Stephen. Checklist of Islamic Coins. Santa Rosa, 1998. Stephen Album.
• 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.
• Mitchiner, Michael. Oriental Coins and their Values - The World of Islam. London, 2000. Hawkins Publications.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• AH 1249 toman, Hamadan mint
• AH 1251 toman, Kirmanshahan mint
• AH 1251 5 toman, Isfahan mint
• AH 1255 toman, Isfahan mint
• AH 1261 (1845) toman, Mashhad mint
• AH 1266 toman, Tabriz mint
• Coins and currency dated 1837
• return to coins of Iran