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10 Toman - Naser al-Din Qajar Golden Jubilee
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | هو الناصر بیادکار قرن جلوس همایُون که قرین سال صدم سلطنت قاجار است در ضرا بخانه دولتی ضرب شد ۱۲۹۳ F |
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Struck to commemorate Naser al-Din Shah's 1876 celebration marking thirty years on the Qajar throne — one of the longest reigns in the dynasty's history — this is among the heaviest gold issues produced by the Imperial Iranian Mint in the nineteenth century. The jubilee itself was a calculated political exercise, staged partly to project stability at a moment when Qajar authority was being steadily eroded by competing Russian and British imperial pressures.
KM# 900.1 distinguishes this from related jubilee strikings by mint location. Survivors in problem-free condition are scarce; many pieces were treated as bullion gifts and subsequently mounted or cleaned.