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1/2 Toman - Fath Ali Shah Type R, Kashan
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1797 |
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| Currency | First Rial (1798-1825) |
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| Obverse script | Persian (nastaliq) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a three-line Persian nastaliq legend arranged in horizontal registers separated by ruled lines and framed by a border of raised pellets along the irregular hammered flan edge. The uppermost register bears the pious formula 'al-mulk lillah' (sovereignty belongs to God), the central band records the mint name Kashan (ضرب کاشان), and the lower register carries the AH regnal year 1212. Decorative pellet clusters fill the interstitial spaces between letterforms, consistent with Qajar mint practice at Kashan for this early type. |
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Fath Ali Shah came to power in 1797 following the death of his uncle Agha Mohammad Khan, founder of the Qajar dynasty — himself assassinated by his own servants just months earlier. The transition was swift enough that early Qajar coinage from provincial mints like Kashan reflects the administrative scramble to establish the new reign's monetary authority across a far-flung empire with no standardized production infrastructure.
Kashan operated as a secondary mint whose output was modest relative to Tehran or Tabriz, making provincial half-tomans from this accession period genuinely scarce survivors.