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1/2 Qiran - Fath Ali Shah Type E, Qom
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1826-1829 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Persian nastaliq inscription reading 'Zarb Dar al-Iman Qum' (struck in the Abode of Faith, Qom), identifying the holy city of Qom as the issuing mint. The calligraphic legend is distributed freely across the flan in the characteristic Qajar hammered style, with floral and dot motifs occupying the interstitial field spaces. A beaded or dotted border encircles the design along the irregular circumference of the flan, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
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Fath Ali Shah's regional mint system produced coins of wildly inconsistent fineness across his reign, and Qom — primarily a religious center rather than a commercial hub — was among the less prolific of his provincial mints. The "Type E" classification reflects one of several sequential design changes pushed through during the 1240s AH, driven partly by attempts to standardize the qiran coinage across a fragmented minting network that the central Tehran administration never fully controlled.
Qom-mint issues from this window are genuinely scarce in any grade, a function of low original output rather than heavy circulation loss.