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This specimen was lot 2552 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV fanam, Patan, AM1219 (1790), Mauludi date above mintname // large Persian H (for Haider Ali, father of Tipu Sultan), lovely golden luster, PCGS graded MS63." 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 was struck AM1197-1201, 1215-1223.
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This specimen was lot 2552 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV fanam, Patan, AM1219 (1790), Mauludi date above mintname // large Persian H (for Haider Ali, father of Tipu Sultan), lovely golden luster, PCGS graded MS63." 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 was struck AH 1197-1201, AM 1215-1223.
  
 
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* [[Mysore AM1216 fanam]]
 
 
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 2 rupees]]
 
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* [[Mysore AM1218 paisa KM-53.2]] Farrukhi mint
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* [[Mysore AM1218 1/4 paisa KM-31.2|AM1218 quarter paisa, Bangalore mint]]
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* [[Mysore AM1218 paisa KM-53.2|AM1218 paisa, Farrukhi mint]]
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* [[Mysore AM1218 2 paisa KM-64|AM1218 2 paisa, elephant left]]
 
* [[Mysore AM1218/8 1/4 rupee]]
 
* [[Mysore AM1218/8 1/4 rupee]]
 
* [[Mysore AM1218/8 1/2 rupee]]
 
* [[Mysore AM1218/8 1/2 rupee]]
 
* [[Mysore AM1218/8 rupee]]
 
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* [[Mysore AM1219 fanam]]
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* [[Mysore AM1218 fanam]]
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* [[Mysore AM1219 1/8 paisa KM-30|AM1219 1/8 paisa, Bangalore mint]]
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* [[Mysore AM1219 1/2 paisa KM-32.2|AM1219 half paisa, Bangalore mint]]
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* [[Mysore AM1219/9 rupee|AM1219/9 rupee, Patan mint]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1790]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1790]]
  
 
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[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 50]][[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]]

Latest revision as of 10:17, 7 November 2025

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2552

This specimen was lot 2552 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV fanam, Patan, AM1219 (1790), Mauludi date above mintname // large Persian H (for Haider Ali, father of Tipu Sultan), lovely golden luster, PCGS graded MS63." 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 was struck AH 1197-1201, AM 1215-1223.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.33-0.40 g, gold, this specimen 0.37 g.

Catalog reference: KM-128.1.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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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