Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-73

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2618

This 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." This type was also struck AH 1198-1200 at many mints. 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: copper, this specimen 11.54 g.

Catalog reference: KM-73.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

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