Malwa AH 870 tanka Fr-636

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 56362

This specimen was lot 56362 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Sultans of Malwa. Tanka, AH 870 (1465). Hadrat Shadiabad Mint. Muhamud Shah I. NGC Unc Details--Edge Filing." 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. The state was conquered by Akbar and was made part of the Mughal Empire.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-636; GG-M22 (R).

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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