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1/2 Qiran - Nāṣer al-Dīn Qājār Type B, Tehran
| Issuer | Qajar Dynasty |
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| Year | 1859 |
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| Value | 1/2 Qiran (قران) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | ضرب دارالخـــلافه طهران ۱۲۷٥ (Translation: Struck in Dar ol-Khilafah Tehran 1275) |
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Nāṣer al-Dīn Shah's monetary reforms of the 1850s were driven partly by the humiliation of wildly inconsistent coinage circulating across Iranian provinces — weights and fineness varied so dramatically that bazaar merchants routinely weighed coins rather than counting them. The Tehran mint's Type B issues were part of a centralizing push, though provincial mints continued undercutting the effort for years.
At 13 mm, this is a coin that disappeared into purse linings and was seldom saved.