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Copper coinage of Persia and Iran

Copper small change — the fulus and falus of daily marketplace transactions. 1 catalogued example spanning Qajar Dynasty.

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Qajar Dynasty · 1789 – 1925 CE

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Naser al-Din Shah 50 Dinar Copper

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar

1848–1896 CE

Low-denomination copper coin (1/2 shahi = 50 dinar) for everyday market transactions. The 1877 mechanisation finally drove out the old hand-struck 'falus' coppers that had varied wildly between local mints.

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