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1/2 Qiran - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1854-1862 |
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| Value | 1/2 Qiran (قران) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field bears a multi-line Persian legend in Nastaliq script denoting the mint of issue and the Hijri date of striking. The inscription reads 'Zarb Dar al-Khalifa Tehran' (struck in Tehran, the seat of the Caliphate), accompanied by the Hijri year. A beaded border runs around the circumference of the coin, framing the calligraphic legend. The irregular, hand-struck flan is consistent with hammered production at multiple Qajar mints during the reign of Nasir al-Din Shah. |
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| Mintage | 1270 (1854) - - 1271 (1855) - - 1275 (1859) - - 1276 (1860) - - 1277 (1861) - - 1278 (1862) - - |
| Additional information |
Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh's early coinage is notoriously complex — minted simultaneously across multiple Iranian cities, each operating with considerable independence, producing weight and fineness variations that frustrated both merchants and the central treasury. The KM#823.13 designation isolates a specific mint variety within a type struck at more than a dozen locations during this period. Iran's monetary system would not see serious centralization until the 1870s reforms, leaving these small silver fractions to circulate in a fragmented monetary environment where locally-struck pieces were routinely tested by touch rather than trusted by denomination.