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Revision as of 08:27, 27 September 2024
This specimen was lot 891 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[1] noted, "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.
- 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 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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