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1/2 Qiran - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār Tehrān mint
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1855-1859 |
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| Weight | 2.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh in the center of the field, depicted in royal attire with a jeweled Qajar crown and a full beard, rendered in a slightly stylized portrait typical of mid-19th-century Iranian coinage. Flanking the royal effigy on either side are cartouches bearing the royal title in Persian nastaliq script. A decorative wreath of olive or laurel branches frames the lower portion of the design, encircling the base of the portrait. A fine milled border runs along the coin's periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | السّلطان ناصرالدین شاه ۱۲۶۴ |
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Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh's reign saw repeated debasements of the silver coinage as the Qajar treasury struggled under the weight of indemnity payments — most consequentially following the Anglo-Persian War of 1856–57, which ended with Iran ceding all claims to Herat and paying reparations that drained government reserves. The half qiran denomination bore the brunt of these pressures, with silver fineness quietly reduced while nominal values held.
The Tehrān mint in this period was the most politically supervised of the Qajar minting facilities, its output directly tied to court expenditure cycles.