Delhi Sultanate, Suri Dynasty, Sher Shah Suri (AH 945-952/1538-1545 AD), Pandua Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 948, Complete flan, Obv: The Kalima Shahada on top in two lines, mint Pandua in middle, al sultan al adil at bottom, four khalifas name in four margins, Rev: sher shah al sultan, khuld allahu mulkahu with date 948, Nagari legend 'sri ser sahi' at bottom, farid ud duniya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar in margins, 11.25g, 27mm, (G&G # D790), choice very fine, test mark, Very Rare.

Pandua was one of the oldest towns of Bengal. It is situated in modern town of Malda in West Bengal and  also known as Hazrat Pandua or Firuzabad. Pandua remained a mint-town for a period of more than one and a quarter century from the time of Ala ud din Ali Shah to Rukn ud din Barbak Shah I. After about five decades this mint was revived by Sher Shah whose coins were struck here in the years AH 946 to AH 948. In Sher Shah’s coins it is simply known as Pandua where as in on the coins of the other rulers it is called Firuzabad.