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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4584831, member: 10461"]Side note #1: I regret to say that I do not know what the Arabic inscriptions on these coins would say, were they translated.  Perhaps someone else will come along who does.  (Edit: yes!  <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/iran-persia-gold-toman-of-fath-ali-shah-ah-1233-1817-yazd-mint.362186/#post-4585405" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/iran-persia-gold-toman-of-fath-ali-shah-ah-1233-1817-yazd-mint.362186/#post-4585405">See below</a>.  Thanks, WB2). Side note #2: Boy howdy, did ol' Fath-Ali Shah have a beard, or did he have a BEARD, Ladies and Gentlemen?  Wow! He was a snazzy dresser, too, but that kinda goes without saying when you're talking about old-school royalty.  But like some of their Indian counterparts, the old Shahs were especially bejeweled. <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/An_Early_Painting_of_Fath_Ali_Shah.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Fath_Ali_Shah%28Saad_Abad%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/3.3_million_dollar_Fath_Ali_Shah_by_Armin_Mehrabi.jpg/330px-3.3_million_dollar_Fath_Ali_Shah_by_Armin_Mehrabi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]