Hasan Shah, Gold Tanka/ Dinar, 11.24g, Broad flan, Dar al-Saltanat Kashmir Mint, AH 876, Obv: Arabic couplet “Nageen Mulk-i Khātim Suleymān / Hasan Shah ibn Haidar Shah al-Sultan” ('Custodian of the seal of Solomon's kingdom, the Sultan Hasan Shah, son of Haidar Shah') with the two hemistich divided by a double line, Rev: Shahada in circle, date and mint details in the margin (G&G# K30). Complete legend in margin of reverse. Extremely fine, extremely rare in this grade. Although weak and a political failure, Hasan Shah counts as the most cultured ruler of the Shah Mir dynasty, only next to Zain al-Abidin. He patronized education and the arts, sponsoring translations of Sanskrit texts into Farsi. He was also well-versed in music and himself a good singer, singing Persian, Kashmiri and Sanskrit songs. He also left an architectural legacy – he built palaces at Didamar and Sopore, madrassas and khaneqas at many places and renovated the Jami Masjid destroyed by fire in his capital.