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These coins bore no face values and were passed by weight. [ 1 ] While the Iranian abbasi was also widespread in eastern Georgia , [ 2 ] which was under the Iranian sway, the coin soon after also came to be minted at the mint in Tiflis (Tbilisi), [ 3 ] where they were colloquially known as abazi .
Sasanian coinage was produced within the domains of the Iranian Sasanian Empire (224–651). Together with the Roman Empire, the Sasanian Empire was the most important money-issuing polity in Late Antiquity. [1]
A 2000 Dinar/2 Qiran coin of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar era. The qiran (Persian: قران; also Romanized kran) was a currency of Iran between 1825 and 1932. It was subdivided into 20 shahi or 1000 dinar and was worth one tenth of a toman. The rial replaced the qiran at par in 1932, although it was divided into one hundred (new) dinars. Despite ...
Iranian gold coins were denominated in toman, with copper and silver coins denominated in dinar, rial or qiran. During the period of hammered coinage, gold toman coins were struck in denominations of 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2 and 10 toman, [9] and later 1 ⁄ 5, 3 and 6 toman. [10]
The first coins of the second rial currency, introduced in 1932, were in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 25 dinars, Rl 1 ⁄ 2, Rl 1, Rls 2 and Rls 5, with the Rls 1 ⁄ 2 to Rls 5 coins minted in silver. Gold coins denominated in pahlavi were also issued, initially valued at Rls 100. In 1944, the silver coinage was reduced in size, with the ...
5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France; Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France; Gold Louis – 1720 New France; Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764; English coins early 19th century
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Silver coin of Karim Khan Zand, minted in Ganja, dated 1763/4 (left = obverse; right = reverse) Karim Khan's death in 1779 left his territory vulnerable to threats from his enemies. His son and successor Abu al-Fath was an incompetent ruler who was heavily influenced by his half uncle (and Karim Khan's commander), Zaki Khan .