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5 Qiran - Naser al-Din Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1848-1896 |
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| Value | 5 Qiran (قران) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1848-1896) |
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Naser al-Din Shah's exceptionally long reign — 48 years, the longest of any Qajar monarch — produced considerable variation within this issue, including multiple mint cities and dated strikes that allow specialists to track the gradual debasement of silver content toward the reign's end. The KM#836 type spans his entire rule, from his accession following the assassination of Mohammad Shah to his own assassination by Mirza Reza Kermani at the Shah Abdol-Azim shrine in 1896.
Pieces struck at the Tehran mint in the 1880s and after show measurably lower fineness than earlier issues, a direct consequence of chronic fiscal pressure from Naser al-Din's increasingly expensive European tours.