Mysore AM1221/11 1/8 rupee
This specimen was lot 583 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR 1/8 rupee (ja'fari), Patan, AM1221 year 11, very rare denomination; bold strike; cleaned, NGC graded AU details." 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 is listed for AM 1218-1226 (years 8 thru 16) along with 1/16, quarter and half rupees.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 1.34-1.45 g, silver, this specimen 11.34 g.
Catalog reference: KM-C125.
- 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.
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