Falus - Naser al-Din Qajar - Abushahr Bushehr

Naser al-Din Shah's provincial copper coinage was largely an acknowledgment of practical necessity — the central Tehran mint could not reliably supply small-denomination currency to distant ports and regional centers. Bushehr, operating as Iran's principal Gulf trading port and already under significant pressure from British commercial interests, maintained its own local striking to keep petty transactions moving. The Abushahr mint's output was irregular and dies were cut locally, which accounts for the considerable variation in fabric and execution seen across surviving examples.