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[[Image:SAlb52-701.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 701]] | [[Image:SAlb52-701.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 701]] | ||
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[[Image:India HyderAli Dominions 1780.jpg|450px|thumb|Haider Ali's dominions in 1780]] | [[Image:India HyderAli Dominions 1780.jpg|450px|thumb|Haider Ali's dominions in 1780]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 701 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $450. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[India, Mysore|MYSORE]]: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 2 paise (othmani), Patan, AM1225 year 2, elephant right, date on reverse, Persian letter "b" within the flag, PCGS graded VF35." The second specimen was lot 2683 in the same sale, where it sold for $540. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 2 paise, Patan, AM1225, elephant right, Persian letter 'b' in the flag above the elephant; some very light porosity, VF." This type was struck at several mints AM 1225-1226. 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 but rare. | ''Recorded mintage'': unknown but rare. | ||
| − | ''Specifications'': 21.45-22.81 g, copper. | + | ''Specifications'': 21.45-22.81 g, copper, the second specimen 21.69 g. |
| − | ''Catalog reference'' KM-124.6. | + | ''Catalog reference:'' KM-124.6. |
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* [[Mysore AM1224/1 paisa KM-103.6|AM1224/1 paisa, Nagar mint]] | * [[Mysore AM1224/1 paisa KM-103.6|AM1224/1 paisa, Nagar mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Mysore AM1224/1 paisa KM-123.6|AM1224/1 paisa, Patan mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Mysore AM1225/2 paisa KM-123.7|AM1225/2 paisa, Patan mint]] | ||
* [[Mysore AM1225/2 paisa KM-103.7|AM1225/2 paisa, Nagar mint]] | * [[Mysore AM1225/2 paisa KM-103.7|AM1225/2 paisa, Nagar mint]] | ||
| + | * [[Mysore AM1226/3 paisa KM-103.8|AM1226/3 paisa, Nagar mint]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1797]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1797]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]] | [[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:26, 18 July 2025
The first specimen was lot 701 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $450. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 2 paise (othmani), Patan, AM1225 year 2, elephant right, date on reverse, Persian letter "b" within the flag, PCGS graded VF35." The second specimen was lot 2683 in the same sale, where it sold for $540. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 2 paise, Patan, AM1225, elephant right, Persian letter 'b' in the flag above the elephant; some very light porosity, VF." This type was struck at several mints AM 1225-1226. 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 but rare.
Specifications: 21.45-22.81 g, copper, the second specimen 21.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM-124.6.
- 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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