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5000 Dinar - Mohammad Ali Qajar
| Issuer | Imperial Mint of Persia |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Currency | Qiran (1825-1932) |
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| Reverse description | The traditional Persian imperial emblem occupies the central field: a lion passant to the right bearing a sword over its right shoulder, set against a rising sun with radiating rays behind its back. A Qajar imperial crown is positioned above the lion at the top of the field. The central device is framed by a broad wreath of olive and oak branches tied at the base with a decorative ribbon bow. A horizontal line below the lion separates it from the denomination inscription in Persian script reading 'Panj Hezar Dinar' (Five Thousand Dinars). |
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| Mintage | 1326 (1908) |
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Mohammad Ali Shah came to power in January 1907 and almost immediately moved against the constitutional movement his father Mozaffar ad-Din had reluctantly endorsed. By June 1908 — the same year this coin was struck — he ordered the Cossack Brigade to shell the Majlis building in Tehran, suspending the constitution outright. His reign lasted only until July 1909, when constitutionalist forces deposed him. Coins of his tenure are accordingly scarce, produced across a narrow and violently interrupted window.
The 5000 Dinar denomination in this weight class is the heaviest standard silver issue of the late Qajar series.