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1 Dam - Akbar Urdu Zafar Qarin
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1556-1605 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Akbar's copper dam was the backbone of everyday commerce across the subcontinent during his reign, anchoring a tri-metallic system he formalized early in his rule — gold mohurs, silver rupees, and copper dams operating in fixed ratios. The phrase Zafar Qarin, meaning "companion of victory," appears on this type as a royal epithet rather than a mint name, a distinction that trips up collectors regularly. Akbar reformed the coinage repeatedly between the 1560s and 1580s, and KM#34.1 represents one of the earlier standardized dam types before the great weight adjustments of his later decades.