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1/2 Paisa - Tipu Sultan Farrukhyab-Hisar mint
| Issuer | Mysore, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1786-1789 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the mint name legend in two or three lines of flowing Nastaliq script, reading 'Zarb Farrukhyab-Hisar', indicating the coin was struck at the Farrukhyab-Hisar mint under Tipu Sultan's authority. The inscription is framed within a series of decorative linear borders, with a dotted outer rim visible at the top of the field. |
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Tipu Sultan overhauled the entire Mysorean monetary system after taking the throne in 1782, introducing a new calendar, new denominations, and new mint names — all part of a deliberate effort to sever administrative continuity with his father Hyder Ali's regime and assert an independent political identity. Farrukhyab-Hisar was one of the renamed mints in this reorganization, the old toponym replaced with a Persian honorific meaning roughly "the fort of auspicious conquest."
The tight date range reflects not longevity but the pace of Tipu's reforms — this type was superseded as the coinage system continued to evolve through the 1790s until his death at Seringapatam in 1799.