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1 Tumân - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār Mule issue
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Weight | 2.8744 g |
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| Reverse description | Central legend in elaborate Nasta'liq calligraphy within an oval cartouche, bearing the royal titulature of Nāṣer al-Dīn Shah. The cartouche is framed by a wreath of intertwined floral and foliate branches, tied at the base with a ribbon bow and surmounted by a small decorative floral element. The date 1310 AH and the mint name Tehran (طهران) appear within the inscriptions. The reeded border surrounds the entire reverse design. |
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| Mint | Tehran Mint |
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KM#938 is cataloged as a mule — a coin struck from two dies not intended to be paired together. Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh was assassinated in May 1896 at the shrine of Shah Abdol-Azim, ending a reign of nearly fifty years, and the Tehran mint was simultaneously managing the transition to his successor Mozaffar al-Dīn's coinage. That administrative disruption created exactly the conditions under which mismatched dies enter production, whether through carelessness or deliberate use of available steel.
Mule issues from the Qājār mint are rarely documented with confirmed die pairings. Treat any attribution to specific obverse/reverse combinations with caution unless verified against a primary reference.