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1 Rial - Fatḥ Alī Qājār Type D, Mashhad
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1810-1819 |
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| Value | 1 Rial |
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| Obverse description | Irregular hammered silver flan bearing a central cartouche with bold Nasta'liq calligraphy arranged in two registers across the field, reading the royal titulature of Fath Ali Shah Qajar. The inscription is framed above by a prominent arc of raised pellets forming a decorative border along the upper periphery of the coin. Floral and foliate scroll motifs fill the surrounding field, characteristic of the Qajar decorative aesthetic. The legends are deeply struck, with the calligraphic strokes showing confident, sweeping forms typical of early nineteenth-century Iranian mint production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Fath Ali Shah's coinage underwent several recuttings of the couplet die during his long reign (1797–1834), producing the type sequence collectors now label A through D. The Mashhad mint, operating under the nominal oversight of the Khorasan provincial administration, often lagged behind Tehran in adopting updated dies — meaning Type D specimens from this mint can appear chronologically out of step with equivalent issues from the capital. Album 2886 covers a broad typological spread, and die-matching within Mashhad's output remains incompletely catalogued.