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1 Rial - Fatḥ Alī Qājār Type D, Yazd mint
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1817-1824 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a prominent calligraphic inscription in nasta'liq script centered within the field, recording the mint name and the regnal year in the Islamic lunar calendar. The text is arranged in two or three sweeping registers and is embellished with fine floral and foliate scrollwork in the surrounding field. A dotted inner border circle frames the central inscription, with a bold outer border of large raised pellets encircling the entire design. The Hijri date appears in the lower portion of the field beneath the mint formula. The overall composition is typical of Qajar hammered silver coinage struck at the Yazd mint. |
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Fath Ali Shah's coinage was produced across a decentralized network of provincial mints operating with considerable autonomy — Yazd, a desert city whose wealth came from the Silk Road textile trade, ran its own dies and its own schedules. The result is that Yazd-mint rials from this reign show more inter-die variation than nearly any comparable provincial issue, and the mint's output during these years fluctuated sharply with local economic conditions rather than central Qajar treasury demands.
KM#697.19 distinguishes the Yazd mint from the dozen-odd other facilities striking the same type concurrently, several of which have proven difficult to attribute definitively even in specialist literature.