LSI-20263c. Wt = 10.92g
Photo from Baldwin who wrote: COIN OF MYSORE Tipu Sultan (1782-1799 AD), Gold Mohur, Patan, AH 1200, Year 4, 10.92g (cf KM B129; H -; cf Zeno 71406). Very fine, two shroff marks to the reverse, extremely rare. bought Spink, 1976.By weight the coin is a Mohur. Haidar Ali used the Mohur weight standard and at the start of his reign Tipu Sultan must have done the same. This lighter weight standard is noted by Henderson (p.15) and illustrated on Zeno (71406). The coin is year 4. Ordinarily we would have expected Tipu to have moved on completely to the Pagoda weight system by this stage which makes the present coin a particularly late Mohur. Mohurs of Tipu Sultan are extremely rare.