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1/2 Tanka - Nasir al-din Mahmud shah I
| Issuer | Sultanate of Gujarat |
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| Year | 1478-1512 |
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| Value | 1/2 Tanka |
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| Obverse lettering | ناصر الدين محمود شاه |
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| Reverse lettering | السلطان محمود شاه |
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Nasir al-Din Mahmud Shah I ruled Gujarat for over three decades, a reign unusual for its stability in a sultanate that had seen violent succession disputes in earlier generations. The copper fractional coinage of his reign served the daily transactions of a port economy already drawing Venetian and Portuguese merchant interest — Vasco da Gama's second voyage reached the Gujarat coast within years of this coin's minting window.