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Toman - Naser al-Din Qajar
| Issuer | Iran |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Value | 1 Toman (تومان) (10) |
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| Obverse description | The entire field is occupied by a bold nastaliq calligraphic legend in multiple lines, executed in high relief against a finely striated floral background evoking intertwining leafy scrollwork. The royal titulature reads 'al-Sultan ibn al-Sultan Naser al-Din Shah Qajar', asserting the dynastic lineage of the Qajar sovereign. The legend fills the flan edge to edge in the characteristic Qajar epigraphic style, with no figurative motif. The coin is bordered by a continuous outer ring of raised beads following the irregular hammered flan. The overall composition reflects the refined Persian calligraphic tradition employed on Qajar gold coinage of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | السلطان ابن السلطان ناصرالدین شاه قاجار |
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Naser al-Din Shah came to power in 1848 at seventeen years old, and the early toman issues of his reign reflect a monarchy still consolidating authority after the instability that followed Mohammad Shah's death. The Tehran mint during this period operated under conditions that produced noticeable variation in planchet quality and strike pressure — not from incompetence, but from inconsistent gold supply tied to fluctuating trade flows through the Persian Gulf and Tabriz.
KM#853 is specific to the early years before Naser al-Din's administration implemented later mint reforms. The 3.29g standard itself was already a reduced weight from earlier Qajar toman norms.