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⅕ Toman - Mozaffar ad-Din Qajar Mule/Overstruck - Tehran
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1295-1907 |
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| Weight | 0.6520 g |
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| Obverse script | Persian (nastaliq) |
| Obverse lettering | السّلطان مظفرالدین شاه قاجار طهران ۱۲۹۷ (Translation: As-Soltan Mozaffar Addin Shah Qajar Tehran) |
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A mule produced at the Tehran mint combining dies from two consecutive Mozaffar ad-Din Shah issues — KM#923 and KM#924 — likely the result of a die changeover where an exhausted engraver or distracted mint official paired mismatched obverse and reverse without detection. The late Qajar mint at Tehran was not a rigorous operation; quality controls were inconsistent, and such anomalies slipped through more often than the dynasty's administrators would have preferred.
At under two-thirds of a gram, these fractional gold pieces were struck in small quantities to begin with, making mule survivors genuinely uncommon.