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Mysore pagoda — Tipu Sultan's coinage
Also known as Tipu pagoda
Tipu Sultan's gold pagoda and silver double rupee issued from the Patna, Seringapatam and Nagar mints between 1782 and 1799. Tipu replaced the standard Islamic coin-legend with a solar-calendar date in his own 'Mauludi' era (counted from the birth of the Prophet, 572 CE) and gave each denomination a Persian-alphabet dynastic name — the gold pagoda is Āhmadī, the silver double rupee Haidarī, the single rupee Imāmī. The Mysore tiger emblem appears on the reverses. After Seringapatam fell in 1799 the East India Company declared the coinage demonetised; surviving Tipu issues are among the most collectable Indian series.
- Periods
- Early Modern Age, British Colonial Age
- Function
- Trade & production
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (1)
- Historical linkHampi / Vijayanagara
The Vijayanagara pagoda standard was imitated by the Mysore house, including Tipu Sultan's Mauludi-era issues.
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