Iran AH 1244 kran KM-710.25

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 76494

This specimen was lot 76494 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAN. Qajar Dynasty. Kran, AH 1244 (1828/29). Yazd Mint. Fath 'Ali Shah. NGC EF-45. A pleasing and wholesome representative, delivering nicely retained details, with sharp allure and limited signs of actual handling." The Yazd mint struck this "type E" kran AH 1241-1250, one of 26 mints to do so. Ten kran made a toman.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.91 g, silver.

Catalog reference: A-2894; KM-710.25.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• AH 1242 (1826) quarter kran, Isfahan mint
• AH 1242 (1826) kran, Nishapur Mint
• AH 1242 (1826) kran, Tehran mint
• AH 1242 (1826) toman, Rekab mint
• AH 1244 toman, Tehran mint
• AH 1244 toman, Khoy mint
• AH 1245 (1829) kran, Borujerd mint
• AH 1245 (1829) rial, Mashhad mint
• Coins and currency dated 1828