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500 Dīnār - Moẓaffar od-Dīn Qājār
| Issuer | Imperial Iranian Mint |
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| Year | 1896-1904 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a four-line Persian-script inscription in elegant Nastaliq calligraphy reading 'Ya Ali / Sultan / Mozaffar al-Din / Shah Qajar', invoking the name of Imam Ali and proclaiming the royal title of the Qajar sovereign Mozaffar al-Din Shah. The inscription is enclosed within a fine dotted inner border and framed by a symmetrical wreath of oak leaves and floral sprays tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The reeded rim encircles the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Mozaffar od-Din Shah came to the throne in 1896 deeply in debt, and his reign was defined by two ruinous foreign loans — one from Russia in 1900, another in 1902 — which mortgaged Iranian customs revenue to foreign creditors and directly accelerated the Constitutional Revolution of 1906. The 500 Dīnār denomination sat at the lower end of the Qājār silver coinage hierarchy during a period when the Iranian rial's purchasing power was eroding under the weight of court extravagance and concession politics.
KM#969 spans the full breadth of his pre-constitutional reign, with Tehran as the principal mint. Provincial mint output varied considerably in die quality and silver consistency across these years.