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Re-minting, Part Two
Continuing the discussion on the re-minting of coins and whether it's a common practice, I wanted to share a simple example from the history of Egyptian currency, supported by documents (I have many similar documents, but I've selected five that explain the topic briefly). I believe most of us weren't aware of this story. Attached are documents proving that 2,520,000 of the 10-millime coins from 1917 KN...
March 8, 2016Re-minting, Part 1
In recent days (and due to the FAO group), there has been much talk about reminting currency and whether it is a desirable or undesirable act. Therefore, I wanted to mention historical examples of coins that were officially reminted in their countries using the original dies: – 4 ducats of Emperor Franz Joseph, 1915 (still minted in Austria today!) – 100 kroner, 1908, Hungary – 100 kroner…
March 2, 2016