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1 Paisa - Tipu Sultan
| Issuer | Kingdom of Mysore (Indian states) |
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| Year | 1215 (1786) |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse script | Persian |
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| Reverse lettering | کليکوت ضرب |
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Tipu Sultan introduced a complete calendar reform for Mysore, replacing the Hijri system with his own solar calendar — the Mauludi era — which is why this coin is dated 1215 by a reckoning most contemporary merchants would not have recognized. The reform was part of a broader administrative overhaul that extended to weights, measures, and coinage, all pursued while Tipu was simultaneously managing military campaigns against the British East India Company and their allied states.
KM#73 is among the more frequently encountered of his copper issues, though surfaces on surviving examples tend toward porosity from the alloy composition used at the Patan and Seringapatam mints.