Mysore AM1217/7 pagoda KM-99a

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 927

Haider Ali's dominions in 1780

This specimen was lot 927 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AV pagoda (faruqi), Khurshed-Sawad, AM1217 year 7, Henderson, Dharwar is the city name, called by the honorific title Khurshid-Sawad, gorgeous bold strike, light edge scratches, wonderful bold strike! Unc, RR, ex Charles W. Lueders III Collection." The SCWC lists this rare type for AM 1217-1218.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.40 g, gold, this specimen 3.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM-99a.

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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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