Mysore AM1218 fanam
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This specimen was lot 38605 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Mysore. Fanam, AM 1218 (1790). Patan (Seringapatan) Mint. Tipu Sultan. NGC MS-65." Ten fanams made a pagoda. Friedberg lists six mints for this type, including Patan for AH 1197-1201 and AM 1215-1223. 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: 0.34-.037 g, gold, this specimen 0.37 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1353; KM-128.1.
- 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]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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