Wedding and New Year Token - Rooster mubarak bad

Wedding and New Year Token - Rooster (mubarak bad) - obverseWedding and New Year Token - Rooster (mubarak bad) - reverse

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Features

Location Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza (1941-1979)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Years 1950-1960
Composition Brass
Weight 1.4 g
Diameter 17.6 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
130113

Edge

Reeded

Comments

Wedding and New Year token Persian
It is a Persian 'Nowruz' (New Year) token, from the 1950's or later. The inscription on both sides is 'mubarak bad' which approximately means 'good luck' so the token would be equally appropriate for a wedding.
Originally it was traditional to give small 150 shahi silver coins as new year gifts, but after the mint stopped making these early in the 20th century privately struck tokens were given. At first these were silver, but were gradually debased and were eventually just silvered brass.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1950-1960) 

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