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Revision as of 14:44, 16 May 2025
This specimen was lot 2675 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 1/2 paisa, Bengalur, AM1219, elephant left, fabulous strike, choice XF." This type was struck years AM 1216-1220 and is common. 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. Many mints issued these copper paisa in dozens of styles.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 5.44-5.77 g, copper, 19 mm diameter, this specimen 5.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM-32.2.
- 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.
Links:
- AM1218 quarter paisa, Bangalore mint
- AM1218 paisa, Farrukhi mint
- AM1218 2 paisa, elephant left
- Mysore AM1218/8 1/4 rupee, Patan mint
- Mysore AM1218/8 1/2 rupee
- Mysore AM1218/8 rupee
- Mysore AM1218 fanam
- AM1219 1/8 paisa, Bangalore mint
- Mysore AM1219 fanam
- AM1221 2 paisa, elephant facing left, Patan mint
- Mysore AM1221/11 1/8 rupee
- Coins and currency dated 1790