Mysore AM1217 paisa KM-53.2

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2677

Stephen Album sale 52, lot 2337

The first specimen was lot 2677 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa, Farrukhi, AM1217, elephant left, slight porosity on the obverse only, XF." The second specimen was lot 2337 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[2] noted, "MYSORE: Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799, AE paisa, Farrukhi, AM1217, elephant left, date above, superb strike, XF." This type was struck years AM 1216-1219 and is common. One rupee was 64 paisa. 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.

Specifications: 11.15-11.73 g, copper, 25 mm diameter, the first specimen 11.33 g, the second specimen 11.35 g.

Catalog reference: KM-53.2. The second specimen was catalogued as KM-53.3, which doesn't exist.

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.
^[2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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