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1/2 Dam
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1700-1850 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dam (1⁄40) |
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| Reverse description | Hammered copper reverse displaying a katar (push-dagger) device prominently in the central field, rendered in a schematic and somewhat crude manner characteristic of provincial Mughal copper coinage. The katar, a traditional Indian punching dagger with a distinctive H-shaped crossbar grip, is depicted facing upward and occupies the majority of the flan. The surrounding field is plain and unornamented, with no border legend, consistent with small-denomination issues of the Dungarpur mint region during the late Mughal period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The date range here is telling. By 1700 the Mughal imperial apparatus was already fracturing under Aurangzeb's exhausting Deccan campaigns, and within decades the empire existed largely in name only — successor states, the Marathas, and eventually the East India Company all issued copper fractions that mimicked Mughal types to maintain market confidence in regions where the dynasty's name still carried transactional weight. This piece likely originates from one of those successor mints rather than an imperial one.