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1 Dam - Surendra Bikrama
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1847-1881 |
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| Currency | Mohar (1546-1932) |
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| Obverse lettering | श्री सुरेन्द्र |
| Reverse description | Central field displays a stylized Nagari inscription or decorative device arranged in a squared cruciform pattern, consistent with the reverse types of Nepalese dam coinage of the Surendra Bikrama period. The design fills the broad, flat flan with bold, deeply struck characters showing the angular, compartmentalized style typical of hammered Nepalese silver issues. The overall composition is symmetrical, with the design elements distributed across four quadrants. The plain edge and irregular flan outline are characteristic of this primitive hammered denomination. |
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The Dam was the smallest denomination in Nepal's traditional coinage hierarchy, and at 0.05 grams it pushed the practical limits of silver striking — dies frequently misaligned on flans this size, making well-centered examples genuinely difficult to find. Surendra Bikrama's reign saw Nepal navigating an increasingly assertive British Raj to the south, though domestic coinage policy remained under firm Shah dynasty control throughout.