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1 Toman - Naser al-Din Qajar Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty (Iran) |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Blank die trial reverse with no design or inscription struck. The field exhibits a wide, unadorned expanse showing natural toning and patina consistent with age, enclosed by a raised rim with a double border ring. This side confirms the piece as a uniface obverse trial strike, produced to test the portrait die independently of the reverse design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Trial pieces from the Qajar mint are poorly documented in contemporary records, and this bronze piecfort-style striking almost certainly never circulated — its purpose was to test die alignment or present proposed designs for royal approval. Naser al-Din Shah had a well-documented personal interest in modernizing the Persian monetary system following his European tours of 1873 and 1878, the latter of which exposed him directly to Western minting practices.
The KM# Pn932 designation places it among a cluster of pattern and trial strikings from the late 1870s reform period. Bronze was the test medium of choice precisely because it was cheap and reproduced die detail cleanly.