Watch List notes:

SAFAVID DYNASTY. Shah Isma'il I. 907-930 AH. Silver Larin (hairpin money) 5gm, 36mm, Note: Larins (or fish-hook money or hairpin money) are pieces of silver wire bent double and stamped with dies. They were around in 16th to 18th centuries. The main issuers of them were the Ottoman empire, the Safavid dynasty of Persia, the Sultans of Bijapur in India, probably private individuals in Ceylon and as far as the Maldive Islanders. Some of the dies were borrowed from regular coin issues like the coin here, while others were special long-and-thin larin dies. Very Fine and Rare.