1 Fanam - Tipu Sultan Kalikut 1198-1215 (1784-1786)

Weight

0.35 g

Diameter

NA

Thickness

NA

Material

Gold

Shape

Round

Edge Type

NA

Technique

NA

Front design

Persian Letter "HE" “ح” ح is initials of (حيد (ح+ي+د+ر (Haidar Ali) who was Tipu’s father.

Back design

Mint name and Date Zarb Kalikut ضرب کليکوت Dots for “ب” and “ت” are combined as three dots. It was a common practice among Indian rulers to break away from Urdu calligraphy norms because of the limited space on the coins.

Year of Minting

1198-1215 (1784-1786)

Calendar

Islamic (Hijri)

Mint location

NA

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

NA

Inscriptions

Obverse: ح

Context

Often there’s confusion among collectors about the later dates being incorrect e.g. 1786AD is mapping to both 1200 AH and 1215 AH. However, last one indicates Anno Mauludi(AM) to Gregorian mapping instead of Hijri to Gregorian. Tipu introduced his own calendar system after adopting Hijri calendar for the earlier part of his reign called Mauludi. I believe he made that change in 1786AD or 1200AH which he calculated as 1215 AM. This is also when he started minting fanams with numerals from right-to-left. A very popular confusion where folks consider some earlier fanams as fake or vice versa. There’s a good explanation in this article: https://toshkhana.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/dawn-of-a-new-era-tipu-sultan-and-his-mauludi-calendar/

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Standard circulation

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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