1/2 Tuman - Fat'h Ali Qajar type R, Rasht mint

Fat'h Ali Shah consolidated Qajar rule over Iran after the violent death of Agha Mohammad Khan in 1797, and early gold coinage from his reign reflects the administrative scramble to assert legitimate authority across provincial mints. Rasht, the commercial capital of Gilan province on the Caspian littoral, was a significant node in the Russia-Iran silk and luxury trade — making its mint politically and economically worth controlling from the outset of the new reign.

The "type R" designation distinguishes this from later standardized Qajar gold issues, which underwent several calligraphic and format revisions as the dynasty stabilized its mint network through the early nineteenth century.