Illustrated encyclopaedia of gold and silver coins of the world; illustrating the modern, ancient, current and curious, from A.D. 1885 back to B.C. 700 (1886)
Smith, Andrew Madsen, 1841-1915 · Philadelphia : A. M. Smith · leaf 434
is no paper currency,and all the coinage is now made at the royal mint, after the modern system withuniform dies. Formerly every city had the right to issue money, and scores of coins ofthe same denominations, but bearing the names of different cities, were in generalcirculation. The governors of… … 432 Si] ^ver. PERSIA. 1. A sun shining over Sahib-Koran. 974 142 138 .28 2 the back of an do 950 86 81 .17 3. armed Lion consti- do 960 82 78 .16 4. tutes the Persian do 961 82 78 .16 5. Arras. do 967 87 84 .17 6. Rupee. 945 159 132 .27 7. Fatha Ali Schah, 1796-1834. i Rupee. 900 18 16 .03 8.…
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