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1 Dam - Akbar Ahmadabad mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1556-1605 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The field is divided horizontally by a raised line flanked by a row of pellets, forming a characteristic band across the center of the flan. The upper segment bears the Illahi month designation in Arabic script, while the lower segment contains a floral or foliate device accompanied by additional pellet ornaments. The design is rendered in the bold, somewhat irregular style typical of hammered Mughal copper coinage struck at provincial mints. |
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| Mintage | ND (1556-1605) - - ND (1593-1594) IE 38 - - ND (1594-1595) IE 39 - - ND (1595-1596) IE 40 - - ND (1596-1597) IE 41 - - ND (1597-1598) IE 42 - - |
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Akbar's reign witnessed the most ambitious monetary reorganization in Mughal history — a wholesale overhaul completed around 1565 that rationalized denominations, standardized weights, and brought provincial mints under tighter imperial control. The Ahmadabad mint, operating in the capital of Gujarat, was absorbed into this system following Akbar's conquest of the Sultanate in 1572, making coins bearing that mint mark necessarily late within his nearly five-decade reign. The dam, the workhorse of everyday copper commerce, circulated at 40 to the silver rupee under this reformed tariff.