The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, gold Mohur, 1875, type A, Calcutta, younger crowned and robed bust left, victoria queen, two flowers in lowest panel of jabot, v privy mark in centre of shoulder ornamentation, rev. one mohur above india and date, all within star and entwined scrollwork, edge grained, 11.64g/12h (Prid. 13 [Sale, lot 77]; SW 5.1; KM. 480; F 1598; cf. Fore III, 2466). Very fine and very rare
£1,800-£2,200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 644.

Owner’s envelope.

Mintage 11,433; the first Indian imperial gold coin to bear the actual definitive year of its striking