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Falus - Anonymous Rasht
| Issuer | City of Rasht (Iranian Cities) |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | فلوس رشت صرب |
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Rasht, the principal city of Gilan province on Iran's Caspian littoral, issued anonymous copper falus during periods when central Qajar monetary authority had effectively collapsed at the provincial level. These city-issued pieces filled a vacuum left by chronic shortages of small-denomination coinage from the royal mints at Tehran and Tabriz. Album 3257 covers a broad range of anonymous Iranian city coppers, and the Rasht issues within that grouping are among the more frequently encountered — Gilan's commercial activity, fed by the silk trade and Caspian port traffic, created genuine demand for low-value transactional coinage.