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1 Paisa - Tipu Sultan Nagar mint
| Issuer | Mysore Sultanate |
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| Year | 1793-1794 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1565-1799) |
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| Obverse script | Persian/Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a bold Persian/Arabic inscription occupying the majority of the field, reading 'نگر' (Nagar), denoting the mint name. The legend is rendered in large, flowing Nastaliq script and is surrounded by decorative floral or dotted ornamental devices — including a small rosette and lozenge-shaped stops — arranged within a beaded border. The field shows the characteristic surface texture of a hammered copper flan. The design conforms to the standard epigraphic reverse type of Tipu Sultan's paisa coinage, wherein the mint name is prominently featured. |
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Tipu Sultan established a new reckoning system in 1788, replacing the traditional Hindu calendar with a solar calendar of his own design — the Mauludi era — and renaming his mints as part of a broader administrative overhaul that rebranded cities, officials, and coinage alike. Nagar, a fortified town in the Western Ghats, became Tipu Sultan Nagar under this program. This paisa dates to what would be his final years of uncontested rule; the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was only five years away.