Mysore AM1216 1/2 paisa KM-122.1

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Steve Album Auction 55, lot 2587. Note the retrograde date.

This specimen was lot 2587 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 1/2 paisa, Patan, AM1216, elephant left, date above, beautiful strike, VF-XF." The Indian state of Mysore, under her rulers Haider Ali (1761-82) and Tipu Sultan (1782-99), was a serious thorn in the side of the British Raj. The Mauludi Era (AM) was a calendar invented and used only by Tipu Sultan and it lapsed after his death in battle in 1799. This half paisa is listed for AH 1200-1201, AM 1215-1223. Many mints issued these copper half paisa in dozens of styles.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.51-5.77 g, copper, this specimen 5.67 g.

Catalog reference: KM-122.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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