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INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS : MYSORE

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,500,000.00 INR Estimated At:1,500,000.00 - 1,700,000.00 INR
INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS : MYSORE
Tipu Sultan, Gold Mohur, 11.02g, Patan Mint, AH 1197 Zaki/ RY Ahd Zaki, Obv: Persian legend “Ahmad Din dar Jahan Ast Roshan ze Fatah Haidar Zarb Patan Sal Zaki Sanah 1197 Hijri”, Rev: Persian legend “Huwa al-Sultan al-Waheed al-‘Adil Seum Bahari Sal Zaki Sanah Ahd Julus”. Dotted border on both sides, extremely fine, exceedingly rare.
Tipu Sultan struck Gold coins of the standard weight of the Indian Mohur during the first four years of his reign, bearing the date in the Islamic as well his own calendar. During his fifth regnal year, the mohur was replaced by a 25% heavier gold coin which was identical to the weight of four pagodas. These standard Mohurs are more rarer than 4 Pagoda’s.