India 1841(c) mohur
The first specimen was lot 2280 in the Eliasberg sale, where it sold for $1,610. The catalog description[1] noted, "1841 mohur. AU-55 (NGC). Young head of Victoria to left, date and legends around/type as above. Medium orange gold, some lustre remaining, attractive but showing some hairlines. From the John H. Clapp Collection; Clapp estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., 1942." The second specimen was lot 12159 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $3,760. The catalog description[2] noted, "INDIA. Mohur, 1841-(c). PCGS AU-58 Secure Holder. Fr-1595; KM-461.2. Type I with continuous legends." This type was struck at Madras and Calcutta in numerous varieties with a frozen date until the introduction of the British India mohur (KM 480) in 1862.
Recorded mintage: 442,000 (KM 462.1), 601,000 (KM 461.2).
Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine gold, .343 troy oz AGW; the first specimen: 11.68 grams, 25.90 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 462.1, Fr-1595a, Pridmore-24.
- [1]Kraljevich, John, John Pack, Elizabeth O. Piper and Frank Van Valen, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Collection of World Gold Coins and Medals, Wolfboro, NH: American Numismatic Rarities, 2005.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Stevens, Paul, and Randy Weir, The Uniform Coinage of India, 1835 to 1947, A Catalogue and Pricelist, London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2012.
- [2]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
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