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1 Tanka - Sher Shah Suri Satgaon mint
| Issuer | Sur Empire |
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| Year | 1544 |
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| Value | 1 Tanka |
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| Obverse lettering | سेर साह ۹٤۰ (AH 950) |
| Reverse description | Central field bears the Islamic declaration of faith (Kalima) in bold, thuluth-style Arabic calligraphy, arranged in multiple lines within an inner circle: 'La ilaha ill-Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah' (There is no god but God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God). A continuous marginal legend encircles the central field, separated by a raised inner border, with additional Quranic or regnal formulae. The overall style is consistent with the hammered silver coinage of the Sur sultans, with deeply struck characters on an irregular flan. |
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Sher Shah Suri's administrative reforms extended directly to his coinage — he standardized the silver rupee (tanka) across the Sur Empire as part of a sweeping fiscal overhaul that Akbar would later borrow wholesale. The Satgaon mint, situated in Bengal near the Hugli River, was one of the empire's eastern production centers, active at a moment when Sher Shah was consolidating control over a region that had resisted Mughal authority for decades.
Sher Shah died in 1545 at the siege of Kalinjar, leaving this among the final issues struck under his direct rule.