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1/2 Toman - Ahmad Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1913 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | Central Persian inscription in four lines within a beaded inner circle, reading the royal titles and name of Ahmad Shah Qajar. The inner circle is surrounded by a broad wreath of oak branches with acorns, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. Below the wreath, in the exergue area, the denomination in Eastern Arabic numerals appears along the lower beaded border. The entire design is enclosed within an outer beaded rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | السّلطان سلطان احمد شاه قاجار پنجهزاری |
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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.