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India 15 Rupees 1918

 Date: 1918 
 Mint mark: not apparent 
 Size: medium 
 Description: IT IS 15 RUPEES GOLD COIN WEIGHT 8 GRAMS WITH PHOTO OF KING GEORGE 5 EMPEROR ON ONE SIDE AND 15 RUPEES INDIA ON OTHER SIDE 
 Composition: gold 
 Wear: little or no wear 
 Eye appeal: attractive 
 Country: INDIA 
 Denomination: not specified 
 Holder: RAW 
 Damage: mutilated 
 Errors: NO ERRORS 
 Toning: NO TONING 
 Cleaning: not cleaned 


 
 [Request 11799 received from MANOJ JAIN, Tuesday, 10-Jul-2012] 

India 15 Rupees 1918 Oh, wow. What a gorgeous coin! The British minted this coin for India only in 1918 out of 0.235 troy ounces of gold, the same weight as the British sovereign gold coins. That's where to start the value calculations, with the gold content. Once you have the value due to gold, add more value due to collector appeal.

The value due to gold is 0.235 times the current value of one troy ounce of gold. According to kitco.com, the value of gold today is $1555 US dollars per troy ounce. Tomorrow the value will be different; it changes every day, so be sure to look it up. Multiplying 0.2355 x 1555 gives $366 US dollars gold value.

To the gold value now add a collector premium due to demand from numismatists (coin collectors). Here are some typical premiums:

worn or damaged: add $0 US dollars
average circulated: add $100
well preserved: add $300
fully uncirculated: add $1000

You can see that the amount of wear affects the coin's value greatly. For Manoj Jain's coin, which has little or o wear, the added premium is probably up near the $1000 mark.

It is very important to protect a coin like this from wear and the effects of external elements like humidity, chemicals, and fingerprints. A good way to do this is to have the coin slabbed, that is, mounted in plastic, by a third party grading service. Use only PCGS, NGC, ICG, or ANACS services. Do not use others. Look them up on the Internet.

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