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5 Toman - Mohammad Ali Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1908 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان محمدعلی شاه قاجار هر شیردل که دشمن شه را عنان کرفت از افتاب همت ما این نشان گرفت |
| Reverse description | The traditional Persian Imperial emblem of a lion passant to the right, holding an upright sword in its right forepaw, with a radiant sun rising behind its back, all set upon a decorative platform. The central device is flanked by a wreath composed of laurel and oak branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The Arabic-numeral date ۱۳۲۶ (AH 1326) appears in the lower central field beneath the lion emblem, within the wreath. |
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Mohammad Ali Shah's reign lasted barely two years before he was deposed in July 1909 by constitutionalist forces during the Persian Constitutional Revolution. This 1908 issue was struck in the final months before his government lost control of the capital; he had already ordered the bombardment of the Majles building in June 1908, suspending the constitution and triggering the armed uprising that would end his rule. Coins bearing his name were pulled from active monetary policy almost immediately upon his exile to Russia.