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1/2 Toman - Ahmad Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Composition | Gold plated bronze |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed effigy of Ahmad Shah Qajar facing three-quarters left, depicted as a young ruler wearing a tall Astrakhan karakul cap surmounted by a prominent aigrette plume. The bust shows full military dress with epaulettes and decorative collar visible at the truncation. The Solar Hijri date ۱۳۳۱, split as ۱۳ to the left and ۳۱ to the right of the effigy, appears in the field in Eastern Arabic numerals. The design is contained within a finely executed beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ۱۳۳۱ |
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The half-toman denomination under Ahmad Shah was a legitimate gold issue in standard production, which makes bronze specimens with gold plating almost certainly contemporary or later counterfeits rather than official mint output. Ahmad Shah himself ascended at age eleven in 1909 following his father Mohammad Ali Shah's forced abdication under Russian and British pressure, and the Tehran mint operated under considerable financial strain throughout his reign. A plated base-metal piece of this type warrants close scrutiny of edge and core.