This concept distills the moral teaching of Jami's tale of the ugly, ill-tempered woman who, having married a blind man, boasts to him of her beauty, grace, and stature. Because her sole audience cannot see, her lavish self-praise exposes her worthlessness rather than concealing it: she peddles counterfeit coin (وجه ناسره) to a buyer who cannot appraise it. Jami uses the story as an allegory of self-deception and vain self-regard, warning that vaunting false virtues before those unable (or unwilling) to perceive the truth reveals, rather than raises, one's true value. The lesson turns on the gap between an inflated self-image and the real spiritual currency a person actually possesses.