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1 Damri - Akbar Delhi Mint
| Issuer | Mughal Empire |
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| Year | 1592-1600 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1540-1842) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the Ilahi regnal date repeated three times in Persian-Naskh script, accompanied by the name of the Ilahi calendar month Bahman, all arranged across the field of the irregularly struck flan. The inscription is boldly rendered but shows typical die-shift and weak strike areas consistent with hand-hammered production. No border is present, and the rough flan edge encroaches upon the legend in several places. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The damri was the smallest copper denomination in Akbar's reformed monetary system, itself one of the most ambitious currency overhauls in Mughal history. Akbar's finance minister Todar Mal drove the standardization during the 1570s, establishing a decimal-adjacent hierarchy of copper coins that replaced the chaotic patchwork of regional issues inherited from the Sultanate period. By the time this piece was struck, the Delhi mint was one of dozens operating across the empire — but Delhi's output carried particular administrative weight as the imperial capital's coinage.
KM#11.1 distinguishes this variety by mint and places it within the final decade of Akbar's reign.