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1 Shahi Sefid - Mohammad Ali Qajar
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a prominent Arabic religious invocation in bold Naskh calligraphy, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The legend references the Twelfth Imam of Shia Islam, a devotional inscription characteristic of Qajar-era coinage. The inner circle is framed by a decorative wreath of olive and oak foliage, tied at the base with a ribbon, mirroring the obverse design. The outer rim is finished with fine dentilation consistent with milled production at the Tehran Mint. |
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| Mint | Tehran Mint |
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Mohammad Ali Shah's reign lasted barely three years before he was deposed by constitutionalist forces in July 1909, making his coinage among the shortest-lived of the Qajar dynasty. He had suspended the constitution in 1908 — the same year this piece was struck — ordering Russian Cossack Brigade troops to shell the Majles building in Tehran. The constitutional revolution that followed drove him into Russian exile.
The "Sefid" designation distinguished silver fractional issues from their copper counterparts in the Qajar monetary hierarchy.