1 Tanka - Sher Shah Suri Gwalior mint

1 Tanka - Sher Shah Suri (Gwalior mint) - obverse1 Tanka - Sher Shah Suri (Gwalior mint) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sur Empire (Indian Sultanates)
Sultan Sher Shah Suri (شير شاہ سوري) (1539-1545)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 949-952 (1543-1546)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value 1 Tanka
Currency Suri (1539-1545)
Composition Silver
Weight 10.9 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
60505
References DR# 1659,
Dillip Rajgor; 1991. Standard catalogue of Sultanate coins of India. Amrapali Publications, Bombay, India.
GG# D781
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, India.

Obverse

Inscriptions in Persian and Nagari. AH Date

Lettering: ۹٥١ (951)

Reverse

Inscriptions in Persian

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
949 (1543)  8%
950 (1544)  23%
951 (1545)  62%
952 (1546)  8%

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