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2000 Dīnār - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār Golden Jubilee
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#913 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the imperial Shir-o-Khorshid (Lion and Sun) emblem: a rampant lion passant to the right, holding an upright scimitar in its right forepaw, with a radiant rising sun issuing from its back. The Qajar crown appears above the sun in the upper field. The entire device is framed by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns tied with a ribbon at the base. Below the lion, the denomination legend 'دوهزار دینار' (Two Thousand Dinars) is inscribed in a straight line within the lower portion of the wreath, all within a beaded border. |
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Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh's fifty-year jubilee in 1896 was one of the most elaborately staged royal celebrations in Qajar history — and also his last. He was assassinated by Mirzā Reza Kermāni at the shrine of Shah Abdol-Azim just four days before the jubilee festivities were officially concluded, making this commemorative issue a peculiar artifact: struck to celebrate a reign that ended violently before the celebration did.
The timing ensured most examples saw no meaningful circulation. Kermāni acted with explicit ideological backing from Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, and the murder effectively opened the long constitutional crisis that would consume the next decade of Iranian politics.