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Category: Tipu Sultan
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MONETARY SYSTEM OF TIPU SULTAN COINS
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| Seri No. |
Denomination |
Name of the Coin |
Metal |
Name of the Mints |
| 1 |
Four-Pagoda |
Ahamadi |
Gold |
Srirangapattana - Nagar |
| 2 |
Double Pagoda |
Sadiqui |
Gold |
Srirangapattana |
| 3 |
Single Pagoda |
Faruqui |
Gold |
Srirangapattana - Nagar - Dharwar |
| 4 |
Panam |
Panam |
Gold |
Srirangapattana - Nagar - Calicut - Farrukhi - Dindigal - Dharwar |
| 5 |
Double Rupees |
Haidari |
Silver |
Srirangapattana - Nagar - Calicut |
| 6 |
Rupee |
Imami |
Silver |
Srirangapattana - Nagar - Dharwar |
| 7 |
Half Rupee |
Abidi |
Silver |
Srirangapattana - Nagar |
| 8 |
Quarter Rupee |
Baquiri |
Silver |
Srirangapattana |
| 9 |
One-Eighth Rupee |
Jafari |
Silver |
Srirangapattana |
| 10 |
One-Sixteenth Rupee |
Kazimi |
Silver |
Srirangapattana |
| 11 |
One-Thirty-Second Rupee |
Khizri |
Silver |
Srirangapattana |
| 12 |
Double Paisa |
Othmani / Mushtari |
Copper |
Srirangapattana - Nagar - Chitradurga - Farrukhi |
| 13 |
Paisa |
Zohra |
Copper |
All the twelve mints and Sakkarkot |
| 14 |
Half Paisa |
Bahram |
Copper |
All the twelve mints Except Calicut |
| 15 |
Quarter Paisa |
Akhtar |
Copper |
All the twelve mints Except Dharwar and Abargarh |
| 16 |
One-Eight Paisa |
Qutb |
Copper |
Srirangapattan - Nagar - Bangalore - Chitradurga - Satymangalam |
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NOTE : Tippu Sultan introduced new large number of denomination with entirely different names
to his coins. He named the coins mainly after prophet, Khalifas and Imams
