Mysore AM1225 1/4 paisa KM-81.1
This specimen was lot 2558 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR 1/4 paisa, Khaliqabad, AM1225, attractive example with full mint & date, PCGS graded VF35." 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 quarter paisa was struck AH 1200, AM 1215-1218 and 1225. Many mints issued these copper quarter paisa in dozens of styles.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.66-2.92 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-81.1.
- 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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