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2 Tumân - Moẓaffar od-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar occupying the majority of the field, rendered in high relief with fine detail to the face and elaborate Qajar court headdress adorned with a feathered aigrette. The shah is depicted in military dress with an ornate epaulette visible at the shoulder. The Arabic-script date ۱۳۲۲ (AH 1322) appears in the left field. The design is contained within a finely milled border. |
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| Mintage | 1322 (1904) |
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Moẓaffar od-Dīn Shāh's reign was defined by fiscal collapse and foreign dependency — it was he who twice accepted ruinous loans from Russia, in 1900 and 1902, pledging Iranian customs revenues as collateral. The gold coinage of this period was itself partly a function of that pressure, as monetary reforms were attempted to stabilize a treasury already effectively mortgaged to St. Petersburg. He would sign the Constitutional decree in 1906, just months before his death, under circumstances that remain disputed.