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1 Rupee - Sher Shah Suri mintless type
| Issuer | Sur Empire |
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| Year | 1538-1545 |
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| Currency | Suri (1539-1545) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله / السلطان العادل بتأييد الرحمن |
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Sher Shah Suri's rupee is arguably the most consequential coin in South Asian monetary history — the prototype from which the Mughal rupee, and eventually the British Indian rupee, descend directly. Sher Shah standardized weight and fineness across a fragmented subcontinent during his brief five-year reign after driving Humayun into Persian exile in 1540. The mintless designation indicates the issuing mint was not recorded on the die, a practice seen across several of his issues and which complicates attribution to specific production centers.