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[[Image:SAlbum 55-2538.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album Auction 55, lot 2538]]

This specimen was lot 2538 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $95. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa (zohra), Faiz Hisar, AH1216, elephant right, VF, ex Dr. Vincent John Adams Flynn Collection." 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 paisa is listed for AM 1216-1218, 1221-1222. Many mints issued these copper paisa in dozens of styles.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' 10.82-12.51 g, copper, this specimen 11.39 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-43.3.

''[[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 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. 

''Link to:''
* [[Mysore AM1215 1/4 paisa KM-121.1|AM1215 (1786) quarter paisa, Patan mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-33.1|AM1215 paisa, Bangalore mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-63.2|AM1215 paisa, Farrukhyab-Hisar mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-73]], Kalikut mint
* [[Mysore AH 1200 paisa KM-103.2|AH 1200 (1785) paisa, Nagar mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1215/5 rupee]]
* [[Mysore AM1215/5 2 rupees]] Patan mint
* [[Mysore AM1216 1/2 paisa KM-122.1|AM1216 (1787) half paisa, Patan mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1216 paisa KM-63.1|AM1216 (1787) paisa, Farrukhyab Hisar mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1216/6 rupee]]
* [[Mysore AM1216 fanam]]
* [[Mysore AM1216/6 pagoda]], Dharwar mint
* [[Mysore AM1216/6 2 pagoda Fr-1355]]
* [[Mysore AM1217 paisa KM-33.2|AM1217 (1788) paisa, Bengalur mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1217 paisa KM-53.2|AM1217 paisa, Farrukhi mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1217 paisa KM-103.1|AM1217 paisa, Nagar mint]]
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 1/4 rupee|AM1217/7 quarter rupee]]
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 1/2 rupee|AM1217/7 half rupee]]
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 rupee|AM1217/7 rupee]]
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 2 rupees|AM1217/7 2 rupees]]
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 pagoda Fr-1356|AM1217/7 pagoda]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1787]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 55]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]]