Jaunpur AH 823 tanka
This specimen was lot 42435 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $3,172. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Jaunpur Sultanate. Gold Tanka, AH 823 (1420/1). Shams al-Din Ibrahim. NGC AU-58. An elusive type that represents only our second offering of the G&G Number in the past decade, this example displays vivid luster and presents as a Mint State coin, with only the faintest evidence of handling seen across the surfaces. Impressive and deserved of many excited bids." Shams ud-din Ibrahim Shah (r. 1402-40) was the third sultan of the Jaunpur Sultanate, which occupied much of central Hindustan 1394-1494. Later, in the sixteenth century, the Mughals captured Jaunpur and made it the site of one of their mints.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 11.54 g.
Catalog reference: G&G-J1 (S).
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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