Hey guys, today I want to show you a type of coin I had an eye on for a long time. It is a Mohur that was struck by the East India company in 1841. The obverse shows a young head Queen Victoria. The reverse shows a lion My main collecting area are german gold coins, but I collect attractive world coins as well. I found this Mohur on a german coin website for a price of 2350 Euro. It has not much rub, but the surfaces have scratches. What would be the grading of this coin? Would it achieve a numeric grade or is it just an ,,au cleaned''? Thank you very much! Greetings from Germany Alex
Let me start by saying that gold is not my area at all. With that said, I think the numerous scratches on the obverse would prevent it from a straight grade. If submitted to either NGC or PCGS, it is likely to warrant a details grade. It is still a very nice coin!
I don't think it was cleaned, but there are some pretty serious scratches on the obverse, especially around the date. I think this coin would come back with AU details, scratched.
I collect only gold coinage. Here is a German graded fast stempelglanz I bought from Wag Auction/ I would say Kunker would grade it sehr schon+/vorzg. US TPG slab=EF-45
