Mysore AM1219/9 rupee

Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76039

This specimen was lot 76039 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Mysore. Rupee, AM 1219 Year 9 (1790). Patan (Seringapatan) Mint. Tipu Sultan. NGC MS-64. A sharp, perfectly centered beauty preserved in nearly-Gem condition. Extremely crisp detail with a lovely argent gray tone." 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. This type was struck years 4-10 and 13 and was accompanied by a half rupee (KM 125) and double rupee (KM 127). Patan is a common mint for Tipu but Mysore rupees are much rarer than Mughal rupees. Rupees were also struck at the Dharwar, Farrukhi, Nagar, Khurshed-Sawad and Kalikut mints.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM-126.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed., Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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