1/2 Tanka - Ghiyath Shah 1469 - 1500

Ghiyath Shah's reign over Malwa was among the longer and more stable of the sultanate's history, but his coinage is complicated by a near-total absence of regnal year recording — most attributions to specific decades within his 31-year rule rest on stylistic and die-study grounds rather than dated inscriptions. The GG#M76 half tanka falls into that frustrating middle period where attribution is confident but chronological precision is not.

Malwa silver of this era is frequently encountered with pronounced die wear and off-center strikes, a product of the Mandu mint's inconsistent blank preparation rather than circulation damage.