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1 Shahi - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār mule
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Persian nastaliq inscription occupying the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle surmounted by a stylized crown at the apex. A wreath of olive or laurel branches frames the inner circle on both sides, meeting at the base. A horizontal rule divides the inscription from a secondary legend in the lower portion of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ایران |
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A mule in the Qajar series is no accident of careless workmanship — it reflects the chronic administrative disorder of Iran's provincial mints during Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh's later reign, where die management across Tabriz, Tehran, Isfahan, and a half-dozen lesser facilities was, at best, loosely supervised. KM#884 pairs dies that were not intended to function together, and the combination is documented rather than speculated. Nāṣer al-Dīn was assassinated in 1896, and mint consolidation efforts that might have ended such anomalies never fully materialized during his lifetime.