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[[Image:SA43-891.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 43, lot 891]]

This specimen was lot 891 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $900. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE double paisa, Patan, AM1221, elephant facing left, date to right, some very light porosity, bold strike, choice VF, ex Arvind Sanghvi Collection." This type was struck AM 1219-1221. Numerous varieties exist but this is the only one with the elephant marching left. 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:'' copper, 21.49-22.81 g; this specimen 22.93 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-124.1. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 43,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Mysore AM1218 paisa KM-53.2|AM1218 paisa, Farrukhi mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1221/11 1/8 rupee]]
* [[Mysore AM1224/1 paisa KM-103.6|AM1224/1 paisa, Nagar mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1793]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 43]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]]