Mysore AM1217/7 1/2 rupee
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This specimen was lot 737 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR 1/2 rupee, Patan, AM1217 year 7, very rare denomination, as are all the fractions of the rupee, bold VF, RR." This rare type was struck years 4 thru 14 along with a quarter rupee, one rupee and two rupees. The Mauludi Era (AM) was a calendar invented and used only by Tipu Sultan and it lapsed after his death in battle in 1799.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.35-5.80 g, silver, this specimen 5.59 g.
Catalog reference: KM-125.
- 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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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