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1 Toman - Naser al-Din Qajar Pattern
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Obverse lettering | السُّلطان ناصرالدین شاه قاجار طهران |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Lion and Sun emblem of Qajar Iran: a passant lion facing left, holding an upright sword in its right forepaw, with a radiant rising sun behind its back. Above the lion, a Kiani crown is displayed at the top of the field. The central device is enclosed within a wreath of olive branches to the left and oak branches to the right, tied at the base with a ribbon. The denomination legend appears in the lower central field beneath the lion, and the AH date 1281 is inscribed in Eastern Arabic numerals in the exergue below the wreath. A beaded border encircles the entire design. |
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Naser al-Din Shah's reign saw repeated attempts to modernize Iranian coinage, and pattern issues of this period were often struck in Paris at the Monnaie de Paris rather than at domestic mints — a deliberate choice that reflected both technical limitations within Iran and the Shah's broader fixation on European legitimacy. The 1865 date places this squarely in the period following his first reforms, before the more systematic overhaul of the late 1870s.
Pattern Tomans from this era rarely entered circulation, surviving instead in small presentation quantities.