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5 Toman - Mohammad Ali Qajar
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Value | 50 000 Dinars |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the royal titulature of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar in bold calligraphic Arabic script, arranged in three lines reading 'السلطان محمد علی شاه قاجار', with the AH date 1325 inscribed below in Eastern Arabic numerals. The legend is enclosed within an inner beaded border, flanked by decorative floral arabesques. The outer marginal band carries a Persian poetic verse in naskh script, running around the full circumference between the inner and outer beaded borders. Small ornamental rosettes punctuate the border at intervals. The overall design reflects the refined courtly engraving style characteristic of late Qajar royal coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | السّلطان محمّدعلی شاه قاجار ۱۳۲۵ هر شیردل که دشمن شه را عنان گرفت از آفتاب همت ما این نشان گرفت |
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Mohammad Ali Shah came to power in January 1907 and almost immediately set about dismantling the constitutional government his father Mozaffar ad-Din Shah had been pressured into accepting. The 1907 coinage falls squarely in the opening phase of that conflict — the Persian Constitutional Revolution — before Mohammad Ali's June 1908 coup, in which he used Cossack Brigade artillery to shell the parliament building itself. He was deposed the following year and forced into Russian exile.
Gold tomans of this reign were struck in limited numbers at the Tehran mint, and the political chaos of 1907–1909 did nothing to encourage large-scale gold coinage production.