SINCONA Auction 92
The Kian Collection - Part 3
(Islamic and Persian Coins and Medals, Orders of the Chivalry)
The Tuhfa Collection of Arabic Gold Coins
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| Starting price | 20,000 CHF |
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Description
Muzaffar al-Din Shah, 1313-1324 AH (1896-1907). 5 Tomans 1314 AH (1896/1897), Tehran Mint. 13.95 g. Bust type. Struck with the dies for the 10 Tomans. KM -. Fr. -. Von grösster Seltenheit. Nur zwei Exemplare bekannt / Of the highest rarity. Only two known specimens. Gutes vorzüglich / About Uncirculated. Oberfläche stark bearbeitet, Henkelspur / Surface heavily tooled, mountmark.
From the Kian Collection Part 1, auction SINCONA 85, Zurich, October 2023, lot 1104.
From the Leeds Collection, auction Baldwin's, Dubai, March 2000, lot 575.
This regular issue of the bust type 5 Tomans is one of only two known specimens and the superior one.
Not encapsulated by NGC due to "altered surface".