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1/2 Tanka - Nasir Ud Din Ahmad Shah I
| Issuer | Gujarat Sultanate |
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| Year | 1411-1443 |
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| Weight | 4.56 g |
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| Obverse description | Hammered copper flan bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in the field, reading 'Nasir al-dunya wa'l-din' in bold, somewhat cursive Naskh script. The inscription, conferring the royal epithet of the sultan, fills the coin's face without any enclosing border, consistent with the informal hammered coinage style of the Gujarat Sultanate. The surface shows characteristic die-struck relief with natural flan irregularities and patination typical of 15th-century Indian copper issues. |
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| Obverse lettering | نصر الدنيا والدين |
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Ahmad Shah I founded Ahmedabad in 1411, the same year he likely began issuing coinage in his own name after consolidating control over Gujarat following his grandfather Muzaffar Shah's death. The Gujarat Sultanate maintained a relatively independent mint tradition from the Delhi Sultanate, and copper fractions like this half tanka served the daily transactional economy that silver could not efficiently reach.