Mysore AM1224/1 paisa KM-103.6

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2825

This specimen was lot 2825 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $166.60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa, Nagar, AM1224 year 1, Persian letter alif above the elephant, superb bold strike, EF." The Mauludi Era (AM) was a calendar invented and used only by Tipu Sultan and it lapsed after his death in battle in 1799. Many mints issued these copper paisa in dozens of styles.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, 10.82-12.51 g; this specimen 10.88 g.

Catalog reference: KM-103.6.

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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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