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Paisa - Tipu Sultan Farrukhyab-Hisar Mint
| Issuer | Mysore, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1201-1219 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the mint name Farrukhyab Hisar inscribed in cursive Nastaliq script, arranged in two or more lines across the central field. A decorative rope or cable border encircles the design, with pellet ornaments scattered in the field, consistent with the stylistic conventions of Tipu Sultan's copper coinage. The overall layout is characteristic of the Farrukhyab Hisar (Seringapatam) mint issues of the Mauludi era. |
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| Reverse lettering | فرخیاب حصار |
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Tipu Sultan's copper coinage was among the most systematically reformed in 18th-century South Asia. After seizing full control of Mysore following his father Hyder Ali's death in 1782, Tipu overhauled the mint system entirely, introducing a new regnal calendar based on the Persian solar year — which is why dating on these pieces runs to the 1200s rather than the Hijri or Saka systems his predecessors used. Hisar was one of several renamed mints operating under his reorganization, the renaming itself a deliberate assertion of administrative control.
Tipu was killed at Seringapatam in May 1799 when British and allied Hyderabadi forces breached the walls. Copper paisa production at his mints ended abruptly that day.