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Ballabh, it seems kind of strange that the Mumbai mint made some restrikes in the 1970s for no reason at all.. dont you think so..? Or is there any reason behind this atrocity?

 

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They are just mint spoils, like the 19th century scandavian coins produced under the corrupt director of the helsinki mint.

 

I won't say those restrike were produced as a result of any corrupt mint director or mint spoils.

It was Bombay mint's policy and approved by Indian government to restrike the proofs using original dies. They had all these dies for different coins they produced in last few hundred years.

The procedure was simple and anybody can request for those restrikes in exchange of equivalent amount of metal and a specified fees. The mint will struck the coin and will send it back to the requestor.

Most of the restrikes were done in gold, but were not limited to. These restrikes are also known in other metals like silver, copper, copper-nickel, aluminium etc. (However these off-metal strikes are pretty scarce as in those days nobody wanted a Gold mohur struck in silver or copper. The mint records also indicates that OMS was not popular amongst collectors in those days)

The number of these restrikes are also very low and not much is available in collectors market today. So, it's tough to get these coins for the prices indicated in Krause. There are dealers who even pays upto 120% of the price listed in Krause for some of these early gold restrikes and OMS issues.

Regards
Ballabh Garg

 

ok guys tell me what you think of this gold Indian sovereign

 

I finally picked up a 1947 1 Rupee recently,but I haven't yet seen a 1950 one though.

Aidan.

 

its easy just go on ebay ull find tons there

 

Spock1k,that is a very nice Bombay Mint Sovereign you have posted a picture of.

Aidan.

 

thank you aidan. i am glad you enjoyed it. if you come across some nice mohurs please let me know.

 

Spock1k,the last Mohur I saw was an 1835 one in the collection of the late King of British Commonwealth numismatics in New Zealand himself,Bill Lampard,F.R.N.S.N.Z..The collection was sold at auction in Australia in early 2005.Mr. Lampard himself showed me this coin back in either 2002 or 2003.It was NOT a Bombay Mint restrike,if you were wondering.

Aidan.

 

Aidan,

getting a mohur is not a problem (and I dont mean the restrikes) getting one you can fall in love with is. I am looking for a wondeful mohur one that is at least brilliant uncirculated till such time i must dream and buy whats out there

 

Aidan,

Some more beauties for you to look at . I am looking for something even better than this.

 

Spock1k,those are very nice non-restrike Mohurs.You should be glad to have filled in 2 spaces in your collection with those coins,as native Indian gold coins aren't easy to find.

Aidan.

 

there was a double mohur in king farouks collection. i wonder where it went. it was bu from what i recall now that would be a good find btw i see the nizam;s asharfi ont he horizon

 

Spock1k,the Hyderabadi gold coins,especially the Ashrafi,never turn up.The highest that we see over here in New Zealand in the Hyderabadi coin series is some of the silver 1 Rupee coins.

Aidan.

 

i will try and post a picture for you so you can enjoy it

 

Don't tell me that you are looking for coconuts on the tree behind lion :smile

Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

Is it machine struck? If so, you have to be very careful as there are some very deceptive counterfeits of these machine struck Hyderabadi mohurs in market.

Regards
Ballabh Garg

 

I am looking for the necklace around the queens neck on the obverse I really like my coins to be of a high grade Thanks for telling me about the asharfi's i will discuss with you before buying as far as possible. The one on the horizon was graded by NGC does it get past them if it is counterfeit? Thanks

 

Make sure the necklace has real diamonds in it and not those cheapy CZs

The only TPG I can trust for Indian coins is ICG. Other then that, I think you will be lucky if they identify the coin correctly.

In past several years, I have seen several mis-attributed Indian coins in those TPG slabs. Now if they can't identify the coin appropriately, how can they comment on authenticity of the same.

So far, I haven't seen any mis-attributed Indian coin in an ICG holder. This is just my personal observation.

Regards
Ballabh Garg

 

Ballabh,

You have made a beleiver out of me. In future I will send all my indian coins to ICG for grading. I am done with PCGS. I dont slab any of my other coins Does ICG give discounts? their fee structure seems a little costly