Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2000 Dīnār - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
|---|---|
| Year | 1893 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh ruled Iran for nearly half a century before being assassinated in 1896 by Mīrzā Reżā Kermānī, a follower of the pan-Islamic reformer Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī. By 1893, his reign had long since curdled from early reformist ambition into a government that sold concessions — telegraph lines, fisheries, the infamous Reuter concession — to European powers to fund a court of extraordinary extravagance. The 2000 Dīnār denomination was the workhorse of the Qājār silver coinage in this period, circulating widely despite chronic public distrust of government-issued money.
KM#907 was struck at Tehran. The .900 fine standard reflected ongoing efforts to align Iranian coinage with European fineness conventions, though debasement suspicions persisted among bazaar merchants regardless.