Mysore AM1225/2 2 paisa KM-124.6

Steve Album sale 51, lot 701

Haider Ali's dominions in 1780

This specimen was lot 701 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $450. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE 2 paise (othmani), Patan, AM1225 year 2, elephant right, date on reverse, Persian letter "b" within the flag, PCGS graded VF35." This type was struck at several mints AM 1225-1226. 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 but rare.

Specifications: 21.45-22.81 g, copper.

Catalog reference KM-124.6.

Sources:

• 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• AM1218 paisa, elephant left
• AM1218 2 paisa, elephant left
• AM1221 2 paisa, elephant facing left, Patan mint
• AM1224/1 paisa, Nagar mint
• AM1225/2 paisa, Nagar mint
• Coins and currency dated 1797