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1 Toman - Fat'h Ali Qajar Shiraz mint, type W
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1817-1825 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a bold multi-line Persian legend in Nasta'liq script recording the mint name and regnal year, reading 'Zarb Dar al-'Ilm Shiraz 1233,' identifying the Shiraz mint by its honorific epithet 'Abode of Knowledge.' The date appears in Eastern Arabic numerals along the lower portion of the legend. Decorative floral and foliate scrollwork fills the surrounding field, a distinctive ornamental feature of Shiraz mint issues of this period. A dotted inner border frames the central inscription, with the coin's irregular hammered rim visible at the periphery. |
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| Mintage | 1232 (1817) - - 1233 (1818) - - 1234 (1819) - - 1239 (1824) - - 1240 (1825) - - |
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Fat'h Ali Shah's gold tomans present one of the more complex attribution problems in Islamic numismatics — the Shiraz mint operated under shifting regional governors throughout this period, and output quality varied considerably depending on who controlled the city's finances in a given year. The type W designation within KM#753 reflects die classification work done to distinguish the overlapping lion-and-sun reverse varieties that Shiraz produced in parallel with Tehran and Tabriz.
Fat'h Ali's reign saw Persia lose two wars to Russia, culminating in the 1813 Treaty of Gulistan, which stripped territory and imposed indemnities that strained the treasury precisely when these coins were being struck.