Mysore AM1215 fanam KM-78
The first specimen was lot 2548 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $96. The catalog description[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV fanam, Kalikut, AM1215 (1786), Mauludi date above mintname // large Persian H (for Haider Ali, father of Tipu Sultan), PCGS graded MS62." The second specimen was lot 38602 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[2] noted, "INDIA. Mysore. Fanam, ND (1783-87). Kalikut Mint. Tipu Sultan. PCGS MS-63." 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 AM1198-1200 and 1215 at Kalikut instead of Patan. Ten fanams made a pagoda.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.33-0.40 g, gold, the first specimen 0.38 g, the second specimen 0.37 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1353; KM-78.
- 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.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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