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1 Qiran - Naser al-Din Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1849-1875 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | استراباد Astarabad, modern-day Gangirma, Iran |
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The qiran was established as Iran's primary silver unit under Naser al-Din Shah following the monetary reforms of the 1820s under his predecessor Fath Ali Shah, but the coinage only stabilized into something approaching consistency during Naser al-Din's own long reign. Even then, provincial mints — Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and others — each produced dies locally, which is precisely why KM#824.2 distinguishes a specific mint variant within what is otherwise a broad type spanning nearly three decades.
Naser al-Din's reign coincided with increasing Russian and British commercial pressure on Iranian markets, and the qiran's silver content quietly eroded over time as the government managed chronic fiscal deficits.