Well the good news is it's been authenticated as real gold, and my local guy believes it is an authentically struck Indian, so at least I have that part resolved 😁
I know it's somewhat of a coin toss when grading (pun intended), as you are relying on someone sitting at a desk making their own judgements on it, but I think I'm going to give it a try.
I have a new camera with a macro lens coming early next week so if I can get some better pics with that, I'll post them.
Thanks again for all the feedback... It's has been very helpful when looking for other coins of this type, what to look for/at etc. I'll definitely be even more judicious when buying online (and here I was thinking I was being overly persnickety as it was lol)