Iran AH 1233 toman KM-753.13

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 828

This specimen was lot 828 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "QAJAR: Fath 'Ali Shah, 1797-1834, AV toman, Yazd, AH1233, type W; mint name omitted on the slab; superb strike, one of the finest we have seen of Yazd 1233, which is the most common mint/date combination but very rare in th[is] quality, NGC graded MS64." The SCWC lists fourteen mints for this type, struck AH 1231-1240, but lists only AH 1231-1236 for this mint. Later issues were reduced in weight.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common mint.

Specification: 4.61 g, gold.

Catalog reference: A-2865, KM-753.13.

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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• AH 1232 (1816) toman, Kashan mint
• AH 1232 (1816) toman, Tehran mint
• AH 1232 (1816) toman, Yazd mint
• AH 1232 (1816) toman, Tabriz mint
• AH 1232 (1816) 5 toman, Kermanshahan mint
• AH 1233 rial, Kashan mint
• AH 1233 rial, Zanjan mint
• AH 1233 half toman, Kirmanshahan Mint
• AH 1233 toman, Isfahan mint, type V
• AH 1233 toman, Isfahan mint
• AH 1333 toman, Kashan mint
• AH 1233 toman, Khoy mint
• AH 1233 toman, Kermanshahan mint
• AH 1233 toman, Shiraz mint
• AH 1233 toman, Tehran mint
• AH 1234 (1818) rial, Tehran mint
• AH 1234 (1818) toman, Yazd mint
• Coins and currency dated 1817