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1/2 Qiran - Naser al-Din Qajar Tabriz
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1848-1866 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب دارالسلطنه تبریز سنه ۱۲۷۵ |
| Edge | Plain |
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Naser al-Din Shah's early coinage is complicated by the simultaneous operation of multiple provincial mints, each striking to nominally identical weight standards that varied considerably in practice. Tabriz, as the seat of the crown prince and the commercial gateway to the Ottoman Empire and Russia, was among the more active and better-regulated of these mints, though die-cutting quality fluctuated year to year. The 1848 start date coincides almost exactly with Naser al-Din's accession following the death of Mohammad Shah — he was just seventeen and still resident in Tabriz when he inherited the throne.
KM#823.12 distinguishes the Tabriz mint variety within a large family of provincial issues sharing the same basic type across Iran.