Re-minting, Part Two

Continuing the topic of re- Minting coins Whether it is a tradition followed or not, I wanted to share with you a simple example from the history of Egyptian currency documents (I have many similar documents, but I selected five of them that explain the subject briefly),

However, I think most of us were unaware of this story. Attached are documents proving that 2,520,000 of the 10 milliemes coins of 1917 KN were not minted in 1917 at all, but were re-minted in 1920 (and the rest in 1921) using 1917 dies, and they all bear the date 1917!!!

Document 1 A letter from the Royal Mint in London dated 14 October 1920 thanking the Egyptian Assistant Minister of Finance for his telegram regarding the re-minting of the 10 milliemes coins for the year 1917 and inquiring whether there was an intention to amend the date or keep it as it had been previously.

Document Two Telegram from the Treasury with instructions as follows: Royal Mint, stop your letter for the 14th. Stop. No change to the date is required. Stop. Send the templates to King Norton with utmost urgency. Stop. Urgent matter. Stop. Treasury

Document 3 A letter from an employee of the Royal Mint to King Norton dated 6 November 1920 informing him that the 10 millieme molds dated 1917 have been sent to him by registered mail

Document Four A letter from an employee of King Norton Mint to the Royal Mint dated 11 November 1920, thanking him for his previous letter and informing him of the receipt of the 10 millieme die dated 1917

Document Five A certificate issued by the Royal Mint dated December 17, 1920, stating that the Mint examined the Egyptian 10-millime coins minted at King Norton and confirmed the quality of their weight, workmanship, and materials used on December 14, 1920.

Of course, the story did not end there. There are many documents about informing the Ministry of Finance of the result of the inspection, the order to ship, insurance documents, and how to receive it at the port of Alexandria, etc. But the most important of all is one point that is as clear as day: that more than half of the 1917 KN coins were actually minted at the end of 1920, that is, 3 years after the date mentioned on the coins and two full years after the death of Sultan Hussein Kamel!!