1841 Mohur East India Trading Company, KM-462.3 NGC MS61

This early piece has a classic design and is always sought after by collectors of British Indian numismatic art. Engraved by William Wyon, the Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint in London from 1828 until his passing in 1851, this issue features the famous 'young head' of Queen Victoria that he created for British and colonial coinage. This type was struck at Madras and Calcutta in numerous varieties with a frozen date until the introduction of the British India ONE MOHUR (KM 480) in 1862.

Great Britain, British East India Company, Victoria 1837-1901, Mohur, 1841 C, Plain 4, stop after date, Calcutta Mint, Type 2, young head left, plain fillets, W.W. incuse on truncation, rev. EAST INDIA COMPANY, Lion and Palm, edge milled. The Lion and Palm is the symbol of the East India Company.(Fb. 1595a; Pridmore 22; SW 3.7; KM 462.3) There have been 70 graded MS61 by NGC, with 63 finer. Mintage for the KM-462.3 is 32,000.

William Wyon, the Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint who crafted this coin.

The Mohur is a gold coin that was previously produced by several governments, including British India (under the auspices of the British East India Company) and some of the princely states that existed alongside British-administered India. Other lands that minted the Mohur were the Mughal Empire, the Kingdom of Nepal, Persia, and Afghanistan. It was typically equal in value to fifteen silver rupees. It was last produced in British India in 1918, however some princely states continued to issue Mohurs until they became part of India after 1947.