1/2 Paisa - Sultan Tipu Bengalur mint

Tipu Sultan's copper coinage was part of a wholesale administrative overhaul that included a new calendar, a new weight system, and new mint names — Bangalore was renamed Nazarabad under his reckoning. The regnal year 1215 corresponds to 1785 in the Mauludi era Tipu adopted, placing this piece early in his reign, before the catastrophic Third Anglo-Mysore War began eroding his resources and territory.

The Bengalur mint was among his most productive. KM#32.1 distinguishes this from related half-paisa types by mint identifier alone.