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| − | [[Image:Mysore SA38-2618o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2618]] | + | [[Image:Mysore SA38-2618o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2618. Note the date is written backwards.]] |
[[Image:Mysore SA38-2618r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:Mysore SA38-2618r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:SA52-2338.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 52, lot 2338]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 2618 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $154.70. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa, Kalikut, AM1215, elephant right, small reverse flan defect, VF to EF, ex SARC Auction 29, Lot 1609." The second specimen was lot 2338 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa (zohra), Kalikut, AM1215, PCGS graded XF45." This type was struck AH 1198-1200 and AM 1215 and undated. The second example realized three times the catalog value. One rupee was 64 paisa. The Mauludi Era (AM) was a calendar invented and used only by Tipu Sultan and it lapsed after his death in battle in 1799. Tipu Sultan represented the last serious challenge to British supremacy in India by an independent ruler. Hard pressed by war in Europe, the British could not tolerate any such challenge and he was defeated and killed. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' copper, | + | ''Specification:'' 11.21-11.41 g, copper, the first specimen 11.54 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM-73. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-73. | ||
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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. | * 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, ''Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025. | ||
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| + | * [[Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-33.1|AM1215 paisa, Bangalore mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-63.2|AM1215 paisa, Farrukhyab-Hisar mint]] | ||
* [[Mysore AM1215/5 rupee]] | * [[Mysore AM1215/5 rupee]] | ||
* [[Mysore AM1215/5 2 rupees]], Patan mint | * [[Mysore AM1215/5 2 rupees]], Patan mint | ||
* [[Mysore AM1215 fanam KM-78|AM1215 fanam, Kalikut mint]] | * [[Mysore AM1215 fanam KM-78|AM1215 fanam, Kalikut mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Mysore AM1217 paisa KM-53.2|AM1217 paisa, Farrukhi mint]] | ||
* [[Mysore AM1217/7 1/4 rupee]] | * [[Mysore AM1217/7 1/4 rupee]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1787]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1787]] | ||
* return to coins of [[India]] | * return to coins of [[India]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]][[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]] | + | [[Category:Coinage of the Indian states]][[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]][[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 52]] |
Latest revision as of 10:45, 18 July 2025
The first specimen was lot 2618 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $154.70. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa, Kalikut, AM1215, elephant right, small reverse flan defect, VF to EF, ex SARC Auction 29, Lot 1609." The second specimen was lot 2338 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[2] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa (zohra), Kalikut, AM1215, PCGS graded XF45." This type was struck AH 1198-1200 and AM 1215 and undated. The second example realized three times the catalog value. One rupee was 64 paisa. The Mauludi Era (AM) was a calendar invented and used only by Tipu Sultan and it lapsed after his death in battle in 1799. Tipu Sultan represented the last serious challenge to British supremacy in India by an independent ruler. Hard pressed by war in Europe, the British could not tolerate any such challenge and he was defeated and killed.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.21-11.41 g, copper, the first specimen 11.54 g.
Catalog reference: KM-73.
- 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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