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10 Toman - Naser al-Din Qajar
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#969 |
| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar facing slightly left, wearing the distinctive tall Qajar crown (kolah) adorned with an aigrette and jeweled ornament at the front, the crown surmounted by a feathered plume. The Shah is depicted in military dress with heavily decorated epaulettes and a jeweled collar, his characteristic thick mustache rendered in fine detail. The field is plain and unlettered, with the portrait occupying the full central area of the flan, enclosed by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Naser al-Din Shah was assassinated in May 1896 at the shrine of Shah Abdol-Azim, shot by Mirza Reza Kermani — a follower of the pan-Islamic reformer Jamal al-Din al-Afghani — just one day before the Shah was to preside over celebrations marking his fiftieth year on the throne. Gold issues from this final regnal year carry an implicit finality that no subsequent reign could replicate: Naser al-Din had ruled longer than any Qajar monarch before or after him, and the Tehran mint would never again strike under his authority.
KM# 969 is among the weightier Qajar gold denominations, and surviving examples in collectible condition are genuinely scarce — court presentation use likely kept many from ordinary circulation.