1 Dam - Bhupalendra Malla

The Dam was the smallest denomination in the Malla monetary system, and at roughly a twentieth of a Mohar it served the most granular transactions in the Kathmandu Valley's bazaar economy. Bhupalendra Malla ruled Kathmandu from 1687 until his death in 1700, a reign defined by intensifying rivalry with the neighboring Malla kingdoms of Patan and Bhaktapur — a fragmentation that would, within decades, leave all three valleys vulnerable to Prithvi Narayan Shah's conquest of 1768.

Surviving pieces in any condition are genuinely scarce; the combination of minimal silver content and active circulation ensured most were lost, melted, or simply worn to illegibility.