View source for Malwa AH 905 falus

[[Image:SB525-75225o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75226]]
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This specimen was lot 75226 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India|INDIA]]. Malwa Sultanate. Falus, AH 905 (1499/1500). Ghiyath Shah. NGC AU-58." The Sultans of Malwa ruled their state in central India from 1392 to 1562 and issued a number of gold coins based on the tanka. Some of them are actually not rare. Ghiyath Shah (r. 1469-1500) issued a falus and half falus, both square. The state was conquered by Akbar and was made part of the Mughal Empire.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification:'' 8.5-8.7 g, copper. 

''Catalog reference'': GG-M94 (S).

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'':
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Malwa AH 894 tanka Fr-645]]
* [[Malwa AH 965 tanka]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1499]]

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