Delhi AH 956 tanka
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This specimen was lot 2470 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $96. The catalog description[1] noted, "DELHI: Islam Shah, 1545-1552, AR tanka (Agra), AH956, bold strike, NGC graded AU53." Sher Shah was not a sultan of Delhi but an Afghan warrior who built an empire over much of Delhi's former territory. He defeated the Mughals in 1540 but was killed at the siege of Kalinjar fort in 1545. He is credited with introducing the rupee to replace the tanka. His empire collapsed when his grandson was murdered in 1555. Islam Shah was the second son and successor to Sher Shah.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: G-D955.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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- Delhi AH 950 rupee, Satgaon mint, Sher Shah
- Delhi AH 959 tanka, Islam Shah
- Coins and currency dated 1549