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	[[File:Dam (indian coin).jpg\|thumb\|[[Sher Shah Suri]] issued Dam, a copper coin with lower value as compared to silver ''([[Rupiya]])'' and gold ''([[Mohur]])'' coins]]		[[File:Dam (indian coin).jpg\|thumb\|[[Sher Shah Suri]] issued Dam, a copper coin with lower value as compared to silver ''([[Rupiya]])'' and gold ''([[Mohur]])'' coins]]
	A '''~~Dam~~''' was a small [[India]]n copper coin. The coin was first introduced by [[Sher Shah Suri]] during his rule of India between 1540 and 1545, along with ''[[Mohur]]'', the gold coin and ''[[Rupiya]]'' the silver coin.<ref>[http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html Mughal Coinage] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \|date=2008-05-16 }} at [[RBI Monetary Museum]]. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.</ref> Later on, the [[Mughal Emperors]] standardised the coin along with other silver ''([[Rupiya]])'' and gold ''([[Mohur]])'' coins in order to consolidate the monetary system across India. A rupee was divided into 40 dams.		A '''dam''' was a small [[India]]n copper coin. The coin was first introduced by [[Sher Shah Suri]] during his rule of India between 1540 and 1545, along with ''[[Mohur]]'', the gold coin and ''[[Rupiya]]'' the silver coin.<ref>[http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html Mughal Coinage] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html \|date=2008-05-16 }} at [[RBI Monetary Museum]]. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.</ref> Later on, the [[Mughal Emperors]] standardised the coin along with other silver ''([[Rupiya]])'' and gold ''([[Mohur]])'' coins in order to consolidate the monetary system across India. A rupee was divided into 40 dams.

	It is believed that this coin is one of the possible sources for the English phrase "I don't give a dam[n]″, due to its small worth.<ref>Gorrell, Robert, ''Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children'', University of Nevada Press, 1994. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dqyqialyUyMC ''Watch Your Language'' at Google Books]</ref>		It is believed that this coin is one of the possible sources for the English phrase "I don't give a dam[n]″, due to its small worth.<ref>Gorrell, Robert, ''Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children'', University of Nevada Press, 1994. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dqyqialyUyMC ''Watch Your Language'' at Google Books]</ref>

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{{short description|Indian copper coin introduced by Sher Shah Suri}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
[[File:Dam (indian coin).jpg|thumb|[[Sher Shah Suri]] issued Dam, a copper coin with lower value as compared to silver ''([[Rupiya]])'' and gold ''([[Mohur]])'' coins]]
A '''Dam''' was a small [[India]]n copper coin. The coin was first introduced by [[Sher Shah Suri]] during his rule of India between 1540 and 1545, along with ''[[Mohur]]'', the gold coin and ''[[Rupiya]]'' the silver coin.<ref>[http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html Mughal Coinage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516085855/http://www.rbi.org.in/currency/museum/c-mogul.html |date=2008-05-16 }} at [[RBI Monetary Museum]]. Retrieved on 4 May 2008.</ref> Later on, the [[Mughal Emperors]] standardised the coin along with other silver ''([[Rupiya]])'' and gold ''([[Mohur]])'' coins in order to consolidate the monetary system across India. A rupee was divided into 40 dams.

It is believed that this coin is one of the possible sources for the English phrase "I don't give a dam[n]″, due to its small worth.<ref>Gorrell, Robert, ''Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue and Her Wayward Children'', University of Nevada Press, 1994. [https://books.google.com/books?id=dqyqialyUyMC ''Watch Your Language'' at Google Books]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Money}}
* [[Mohur]]
* [[History of Rupee]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Historical currencies of India]]
[[Category:Sur Empire]]
[[Category:Coins]]

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