Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/2 Qiran - Naser al-Din Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
|---|---|
| Year | 1858 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a multi-line nastaliq inscription bearing the royal titulature of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, reading 'al-Sultan ibn al-Sultan Naser al-Din Shah Qajar.' The bold, flowing calligraphy fills the flan to its irregular edges, executed in the characteristic hammered style of Qajar period coinage with deeply incised lettering against a flat field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Naser al-Din Shah's reign saw repeated attempts to rationalize Iran's chaotic coinage system, though the results were inconsistent across mints in Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and elsewhere. The qiran-based decimal system introduced in the 1820s under his predecessor was still being enforced unevenly by 1858, meaning fractional denominations like this half-qiran were struck to varying standards depending on which provincial mint produced them. Die workmanship at secondary mints was notoriously irregular, and weight compliance across the fractional silver series was loosely observed at best.