1 Mohur - Victoria

The 1841 Mohur was among the last gold coinages issued under East India Company authority before the Crown assumed direct control following the 1857 uprising. The design was finalized after considerable back-and-forth between Calcutta and London over the appropriateness of placing Victoria's portrait on coinage circulating in the subcontinent — a debate that delayed production and makes this a politically loaded issue in ways the catalog number alone doesn't convey.

Prinsep's involvement in the die preparation is documented, and the London-struck pieces of this year are distinguishable from later restrikes by subtle differences in the truncation of the bust.