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1 Shahi Sefid - Ahmad Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Arabic legend within a beaded inner circle, reading the royal titulature of Ahmad Shah Qajar. The inscription is enclosed by a wreath composed of olive branches on the left and oak branches on the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The overall design is characteristic of late Qajar coinage, with the royal name and dynastic title arranged in a stacked calligraphic format occupying the full central medallion. |
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| Obverse lettering | السّلطان سُلطان احمد شاه قاجار |
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Ahmad Shah ascended the Peacock Throne in 1909 at age eleven, a child ruler presiding over a country already fractured by the Constitutional Revolution and contested by British and Russian spheres of influence under the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention. The 1 Shahi Sefid — "white shahi" — was among the smallest silver denominations struck in his name, its .900 fineness maintained even as Iran's fiscal position deteriorated badly through the First World War years.
Morgan Shuster's expulsion in 1911, forced by Russian ultimatum, had left Iranian finances without effective foreign administration. That instability shadowed every mint decision made through this period.