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Old currency Value First Issue Dinar - Umayyad Caliphate: Shahi 10 Dinars Iranian Intermezzo: Abbasi 100 Dinars Safavid Iran: Naderi 1,000 Dinars Afsharid Iran: Rial 10,000 Dinars Zand dynasty: Qiran 100,000 Dinars Early Qajar Iran: Toman 1,000,000 Dinars Late Qajar Iran
The Iranian toman (Persian: تومان, romanized: tūmân, pronounced [tuː.mɒːn]; from Turko-Mongolian tümen "unit of ten thousand", [1] [2] [a] see the unit called tumen) is a superunit of the official currency of Iran, the rial. One toman is equivalent to 10 (old), or 10,000 (new, official) rials. [8] Originally, the toman consisted of ...
From the establishment of the Imperial Bank of Iran (during the era of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar), the first series of Iranian banknotes commissioned by the bank in 1269 in England and by the printing house Bradbury Wilkinson and Company in numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Tomans. All the bills, except for the thousand toman ...
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 the qiran no longer being an official denomination, the term ...
In a recent two-part series on the tensions between the United States and Iran, my colleague David Lee Smith provided readers with a broad and insightful overview of the unfolding crisis. He ...
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
Iran's currency is becoming worth about as much as toilet paper. The leaders' defiance in Iran is exacerbating the pressure that the international sanctions are causing. To show just how bad this ...
The last gold coin of Iran in Toman Currency system; on the commemorative of Nowruz celebration; 1926. The first Pahlavi coins, which were minted from 1926 to 1929, only in gold purity (0.900) and coin margins (oak and olive branches) were similar to Qajar coins, and differs from not only in terms of design, type and timeline, but they changed fundamentally in their weight and calendar system.