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1/2 Paisa - Sultan Tipu Bengalur mint
| Issuer | Mysore, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1787-1791 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1565-1799) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a bold Arabic inscription arranged in two lines within the central field, identifying the mint of issue. The lettering is executed in a large, flowing Naskh-style script and is enclosed within a dotted circular border that runs around the entire coin periphery. The field surrounding the inscription is plain. |
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Tipu Sultan's copper coinage was part of a broader administrative overhaul that included a new calendar, new weights and measures, and a renamed capital — Bengaluru being one of several cities he systematically rebranded as part of asserting a distinctly Mysorean identity against both Mughal convention and British encroachment. The Bengalur mint was among the more active of his regional operations during this window, which corresponds roughly to the period between the Second and Third Anglo-Mysore Wars.
KM#32.2 distinguishes this from the primary Patan mint striking of the same type by mint-specific die characteristics. Tipu was killed at Seringapatam in May 1799, ending the series abruptly.