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1 Shahi Sefid - Ahmad Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a circular beaded border enclosing a multi-line Arabic-script legend giving the royal titulature of Ahmad Shah Qajar. The inscription is arranged in cursive Naskh calligraphy across several lines within the central medallion. The entire design is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns tied at the base, with the AH date ۱۳۳۵ (1917) prominently displayed in the lower exergue beneath the wreath. The field outside the central cartouche but within the wreath is plain. |
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| Mintage | 1335 (1917) |
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Ahmad Shah came to the throne at age eleven in 1909, following his father Mohammad Ali Shah's forced abdication under Russian and British pressure. By 1917, the Qajar government was effectively insolvent — both foreign powers maintained troops on Iranian soil under the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention, and the central treasury had little real authority over its own currency. The shahi sefid, literally "white shahi," circulated alongside a chaotic mix of foreign coins and debased local issues that undermined confidence in any official coinage.
KM#1048 is among the lower-weight silver fractions of the Ahmad Shah series, struck at Tehran.