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50 Dīnār - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1876-1888 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central cartouche enclosed within a beaded circle bearing the Persian royal legend in nastaliq script, surmounted by a crown. The entire device is surrounded by a wreath of oak and laurel branches tied at the base. The composition is characteristic of Qajar-era coinage under Naser al-Din Shah. |
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| Obverse lettering | پنجاه دینار |
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Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh's copper coinage of this period was chronically debased in public trust, not in metal — the Qājār treasury's habitual devaluation of silver issues pushed ordinary transactions down onto copper, which itself became subject to regional hoarding and unofficial discounting. The Tehran mint operated inconsistently across this window, producing coins whose actual weight compliance varied enough to generate contemporary complaint.
KM#883 spans twelve years partly because no serious reform reached copper until the monetary reorganization of the late 1880s that preceded the Imperial Bank of Persia's founding in 1889.