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This specimen was lot 677 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $4,200. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "JAUNPUR: Husain Shah, 1458-1479, AV tanka, MM, DM, Arabic legend in Tughra style, ''nasir al-dunya wa'l din abu'l mujahid mahmud shah bin ibrahim shah al-sultan'' // Arabic legend in circle, ''fi zaman al-imam na'ib amir al-mu'minin abu'l-fatah khulidat khilafatahu'', removed from jewelry, a lovely example with much luster, NGC graded AU details." Husain Shah Sharqi was the sixth and last sultan of the Jaunpur Sultanate, which occupied much of central [[India|Hindustan]] 1394-1494. Later, in the sixteenth century, the Mughals captured Jaunpur and made it the site of one of their [[Mughal Empire AH 986 rupee KM-82.3|mints]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' gold, this specimen 11.88 g.

''Catalog reference:'' G-J1.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Album, Stephen, ''Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed.'' Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Mughal Empire AH 986 rupee KM-82.3]], Jaunpur mint
* [[Coins and currency dated 1458]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 54]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]

Jaunpur (1458-79) tanka - Revision history

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