| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 262 Price realized: 1,400 GBP (Approx. 1,766 USD / 1,634 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: British India, East India Company, uniform series, Victoria (1837-1901), gold Mohur, 1841C, VICTORIA QUEEN, divided legend, head left, W.W. on truncation, crossbar of 4 without serif, rev. EAST INDIA COMPANY, lion standing left, palm behind, in exergue ONE MOHUR, یاک اشرفی (yek ashrafi – one Ashrafi), 11.64g (SW 3.7; Pridmore 22). Ex-mount with associated surface marks, otherwise very fine. Starting price: 650 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 11 | Auction date: 16 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 136 Price realized: 5,200 GBP (Approx. 6,471 USD / 5,947 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: g AU58| India, British India, East India Company, Victoria (1837-1901), gold Mohur, 1841 C, divided legend, VICTORIA QUEEN, head left, W.W. on truncation, serif on crossbar of 4, rev. EAST INDIA COMPANY, lion standing left, palm behind, ONE MOHUR and یاک اشرفی (yek ashrafi – one Ashrafi) in exergue (SW 3.11; Pridmore 22). Graded by NGC as AU 58, scarcer type with serif on crossbar of 4. NGC Certification 4863614-010 g This item is sold under the investment gold scheme. VAT may be reclaimed on investment gold lots by VAT registered traders. Starting price: 4500 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 52 Price realized: 1,800 GBP (Approx. 2,270 USD / 2,101 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: g Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, 1874, London mint, die number 32, young head left, date below, W.W. raised on truncation for engraver William Wyon, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 32 and emblems below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, edge milled, 7.95g (Bentley 301; Bull EGC 1176 R4; Marsh 58; MCE 537; S.3853B). Lightly toned with circulation wear, two small parallel scratches on cheek of obverse portrait, otherwise pleasing, extremely rare as the last shield reverse Sovereign issued for London. Calendar year mintage 520,713. The Latin legends translates on obverse as "Victoria by the Grace of God," and on the reverse "Queen of the Britains, Defender of the Faith." 1874 represents the last year for the shield Sovereign at the London Royal Mint and is one of the rarest, certainly the rarest in the die numbered series. The calendar year mintage for the Sovereign this year is a mere 520,713 but this number also includes the more numerous St. George reverse pieces which were introduced for the 1871 date in London. The shield reverse must have totalled a mere fraction of this mintage. The shield Sovereigns of the period 1863-74 have individually numbered dies, a way of identifying which press on which journey of which day minted the coinage, a form of quality control at source. The 1874 London Shield back Sovereigns are known to have been struck utilising only four distinct reverse dies which carry die numbers - in order of rarity these die numbers are as follows 35, 33, 28, 32 which appear below the reverse quartered shield of arms below the ribbon tie of the wreath. Michael Marsh when writing in the 1980s suggested dies 12, 15 and 34 may also exist but they have not yet been physically seen and therefore their existence remains theoretical. Whether there are only four surviving types of die number of theoretically seven, the number is very small especially when compared to the more than 100 dies used for 1871 and 1872 not long previously. Starting price: 1000 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9586 Price realized: 5,500 GBP (Approx. 6,934 USD / 6,342 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: (g) NGC AU58 | India, East India Company, Victoria (1837-1901), gold Mohur, 1841, Calcutta, Type, plain 4, stop after date, VICTORIA QUEEN, young head left, W.W. incuse on truncation, rev. EAST INDIA COMPANY, ONE MOHUR, lion and palm, milled edge, 12h (Pr. 22; KM. 462.1), lightly hairlined within the fields, nevertheless with an overlying residual lustre, more so to the legends, a handsome very fine example of this ever popular type, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #2007973-009). Estimate: £3500 - £4000 |  |
Match 4:
| Oswal Auctions > Auction 90 | Auction date: 1 August 2021 |
| Lot number: 867 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: East India Company : Uniform Coinage : Victoria Queen Victoria Queen, Gold Mohur, 11.65g, 1841, Divided legend, Calcutta Mint, W. W. incused, Obv: Bust facing to left, English legend & date "VICTORIA QUEEN 1841", Rev: A Lion facing to left in front of a Palm tree, English legend "EAST INDIA COMPANY, ONE MOHUR" & In Persian "EK ASHARFI" (Prid# 22). Very fine+. Estimate: 125000-150000 INR |  |
Match 5:
| Oswal Auctions > Auction 96 | Auction date: 23 July 2022 |
| Lot number: 766 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: East India Company : Uniform Coinage : Victoria Queen Victoria Queen, Gold Mohur, 11.62g, 1841, Divided legend, Calcutta Mint, W. W. incused, Obv: Bust facing to left, English legend & date "VICTORIA QUEEN 1841", Rev: A Lion facing to left in front of a Palm tree, English legend "EAST INDIA COMPANY, ONE MOHUR" & In Persian "EK ASHARFI" (KM# 462.1). Very fine, rare. Estimate: 200000-250000 INR |  |
