DAM: COIN OF MUGHAL EMPIRE (INDIA)
1 dam, 1658-1707: Mughal Empire (Aurangzeb)
Ruler: Aurangzeb (the sobriquet of the Abul Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad; regnal title: Alamgir) — the 6th Mughal emperor.
Name of the ruler, mint and date.
Elichpur mint.
An interesting feature of this coin is a disproportionately large thickness: with a diameter of 19 mm, the thickness of the coin is over 7 mm!.. An extremely rare phenomenon in numismatics.
- Copper: 19 mm - 16.88 g
- Reference price: 7.5$
COIN DAM — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- MUGHAL EMPIRE, INDIA (16th-18th centuries): dam = 1/40 rupee
- ANOTHER STATE FORMATIONS OF INDIA (EMPIRE OF VIJAYANAGARA, SIKH EMPIRE..., 16th-19th centuries): dam
- KINGDOM OF AFGHANISTAN (18th century): dam = 1/40 rupee
- KINGDOM OF NEPAL (16th-19th centuries): dam = 1/128 mohar
Regarding the origin of the name dam coin, were able to find only one version: the term derived from Greek "δραχμή" (ancient weight unit) via Sanskrit "द्रम्मम्".
By the way, a 1/8 dam coin is called a damri.
