Mysore AM1221 2 paisa KM-124.1

Stephen Album sale 43, lot 891

This specimen was lot 891 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE double paisa, Patan, AM1221, elephant facing left, date to right, some very light porosity, bold strike, choice VF, ex Arvind Sanghvi Collection." This type was struck AM 1219-1221. Numerous varieties exist but this is the only one with the elephant marching left. 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.

Specification: copper, 21.49-22.81 g; this specimen 22.93 g.

Catalog reference: KM-124.1.

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 43, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• AM1218 paisa, Farrukhi mint
• AM1224/1 paisa, Nagar mint
• Coins and currency dated 1793