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1 Tanka - Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah 844-861 AH 1440–1457 AD

1 Tanka - Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah 844-861 AH (1440–1457 AD) - obverse1 Tanka - Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah 844-861 AH (1440–1457 AD) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sultanate of Jaunpur (Indian Sultanates)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 844-861 (1440-1457)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Tanka
Currency Tanka (1394-1479)
Composition Bilon
Weight 9.69 g
Diameter 18 mm
Thickness 5 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
131763
References BMC Ancient India# 12
John Allan; 1936. A Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum / Volume 7. Catalogue of the Coins of Ancient India. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
, GG# J12
Stan Goron, J. P. Goenka; 2001. The Coins of the Indian Sultanates: Covering the Area of Present-day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Obverse

Script: arabski

Lettering:
الخليفة امير
المومنين خلدت
[year] خلافته

Unabridged legend:
al-khalifa amir
al-mu minin khalidat
khilafatahu [year]

Reverse

Lettering:
محمود شاه
بن ابراهيم شاه
سلطانى خلدت
مملكته

Unabridged legend:
mahmud shah
bin ibrahim shah
sultani khulidat
mamlakatahu

Comments

(en) These coins often appear very coppery. Weight varies. GG lists the weight as 9-9.4g

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
844 (1440)  6%
ND (1440-1457)  $ 2.90 (en) 844-861 15%
845 (1441)  4%
846 (1442)  0%
847 (1443)  0%
848 (1444)  0%
849 (1445)  0%
850 (1446)  0%
851 (1447)  2%
852 (1448)  0%
853 (1449)  0%
854 (1450)  2%
855 (1451)  4%
856 (1452)  0%
857 (1453)  $ 9.90 53%
858 (1454)  0%
859 (1455)  2%
860 (1456)  2%
861 (1457)  0%

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