Iran 5000 Dinars 1879/80 - Real ?

Look at the bow on the reverse. On either side of it, located against the rims, are some numbers; on one side is 12, and on the other is 97. 1297 would correspond to 1880 in the Gregorian calendar.

@numister, this is well outside my area of knowledge, but the area along the rev rim from about 4 to 6 o'clock looks odd to me. Perhaps someone can explain how a partial double-rim can be struck like this. I agree with @sel that the details are nicely crisp.

I am not familiar with this particular series, but on coins of mid 19th century Spain a similar phenomenon appears on authentic coins.

In those cases it appears to be the result of a portion of the collar being loose during striking or a die fracture in which that portion of the collar die cracked and was either retained or fell away. The amount of extra metal seen on the coin depends on which of these circumstances occurred and the severity of the issue. For the Spanish coins I suspect it was a habitually loose collar as it appears with some frequency, especially on the larger silver coins.

This 5000 dinars looks to me like VF35. A quick auction search indicates that uncirculated examples bring quite a bit, but no listings for anything in VF condition in the last decade or so. Based on the AU and EF listings in the last 8 years I'm inclined, in this case, to say that Krause Catalog is probably pretty close. My catalog shows $100 in VF, $200 in EF. Hope this helps.

In Numista's page it says the edge is reeded but mine is smooth, hmm.

That picture is of KM#A914, which has the date of 1293 written on it. The link found here, as well as many other links I found, state that this coin has a plain edge. So, I guess I will request a change on that Numista page to prevent any future confusion.