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10 Tuman - Ahmad Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1913-1919 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Ahmad Shah Qajar facing slightly left, set upon a wreath of laurel and oak. A Persian legend curves above the effigy, with the AH date below. The entire design is contained within a pelleted border, lending the coin a formal, regal character consistent with Qajar court portraiture. |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a multi-line Persian legend within a linear circular border, all enclosed by a wreath of laurel and oak. The inscription proclaims the full royal titulature of Ahmad Shah Qajar, referencing him as the great Sultan and dignified Khaqan. The AH date 1334 appears within the legend. The overall design follows the formal Qajar epigraphic tradition, emphasising the sovereign's titles rather than a pictorial device. |
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Ahmad Shah ascended the Qajar throne as a child in 1909 after his father Mohammad Ali Shah was deposed and forced into Russian exile following a constitutional crisis. The 10 Tuman gold pieces struck under his name represent the largest denomination routinely issued by the Qajar monetary system, but Ahmad's government exercised increasingly nominal control over the mint as British and Russian spheres of influence divided the country under the 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention.
The Shah himself was abroad in Europe when Reza Khan's coup effectively ended Qajar rule in 1921, rendering these among the last gold issues of a dynasty that had governed Iran for over a century.