Mysore AM1216 fanam

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2550

This specimen was lot 2550 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $84. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV fanam, Patan, AM1216 (1787), Mauludi date above mintname // large Persian H (for Haider Ali, father of Tipu Sultan), PCGS graded MS62." 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 type was struck AH 1197-1201, AM 1215-1223.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.33-0.40 g, gold, this specimen 0.37 g.

Catalog reference: KM-128.1.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• AM1215 fanam, Kalikut mint
• Mysore AM1216/6 rupee
• Mysore AM1216/6 pagoda, Dharwar mint
• Mysore AM1216/6 2 pagoda Fr-1355
• Mysore AM1217/7 2 rupees
• Mysore AM1218 fanam
• Coins and currency dated 1787