Mysore AM1215/5 rupee

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 585

This specimen was lot 585 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AR rupee (imami), Patan, AM1215 year 5, KM-126, very rare date, still unlisted in KM but noted by Henderson (published in 1921), bold strike, XF, RRR, ex Charles W. Lueders III Collection." 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 AM 1198-1216 and was accompanied by a half rupee (KM 125) and double rupee (KM 127).

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM-76.

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 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.

Links to:

• Mysore AM1215 paisa KM-73, Kalikut mint
• Mysore AM1215/5 2 rupees
• AM1215 fanam, Kalikut mint
• Mysore AM1216/6 rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1786