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1/2 Toman / 5000 Dinars - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1877 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by a four-line Persian inscription in elegant Nasta'liq calligraphy reading 'Al-Sultan Naser al-Din Shah Qajar,' with the mint name Tehran and the regnal year in the exergue below. The inscription is enclosed within a fine beaded inner border, itself framed by a wreath of olive and oak branches tied with a ribbon at the base, all contained within a toothed outer border. |
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| Obverse lettering | السُّلطان ناصرالدین شاه قاجار طهران |
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Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh's long reign (1848–1896) was defined in part by his appetite for European travel, financed through the sale of concessions to foreign powers — a policy that generated both revenue and chronic popular resentment. The 1877 dating places this piece in the period following his second European tour, when the Iranian treasury was under sustained pressure from the costs of modernization projects the Shāh had observed abroad and was determined to replicate.
The fractional toman denomination in gold served primarily as a unit of account and gift currency rather than heavy commercial circulation, which explains the survival rate of lightly worn examples.