1840 C. L.

[MWM]

!840 C L. I don't know the mint. can any body explain? And your opinion about the grade please.

[Harry]

Identifying the mint can be tricky especially between Bombay and Calcutta. Madras is the easiest to identify, and its the scarcer one out of the 3 mints that produced the 1840 Rupee (continuous legend or Obv 1).

You will need to measure the coin and then count the berries on the reverse. See http://baldwin.co.uk/coins-of-india/VictoriaContinuous/CatVicContinuous_Rupee2.htm

Calcutta  Diam 31.1-31.4mm
Bombay  Diam 31.6-31.7mm
Madras  Diam 31.8-32.3mm

Like I said, Madras is the easier one, if it as a 'S' on the truncation on the obv or a 'v' in the ribbon on the rev (or both) then it's from Madras.  See my post on this here,  http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,15683.0.html I have posted images of the S and V.  Your coin is not from Madras but its from Bombay or Calcutta.

With regards the condition, it looks Unc to me but there seems to be a lot of hairlines on the coin which indicates that this coin may have been cleaned in the past. Again, I can't be 100% sure from the image you will need to look at it closer.

[abhinumis]

I can also see some hairlines and a small dent on the edge at 10-11 oclock position.. Otherwise the coin looks awesome.

[PeaceBD]

Manoj, I will have to agree with Harry and Abhishek. The coin looks harshly cleaned.