2017, vol. 46, iss. 1, pp. 124-129
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Numerous dilemmas surrounding the 1917 nickel coins
Pregršt nedoumica oko niklenog novca iz 1917. godine
Abstract
The Law on Extraordinary Loans Amounting to 200 Million Dinars and the Minting of Silver and Nickel Coins in 1916 was the legal basis for minting the 5-, 10-, and 20-para nickel coins of the Kingdom of Serbia featuring the year 1917 as their minting year. Some authors believe that these coins were minted in the Minting House in Paris, whereas the others agree that they were certainly minted in France, but in a still unidentified minting house. There are authors who in recent reference literature underline the possibility of their minting in the USA Gorham Company, in Providence, Rhode Island. These coins had all the characteristics of the nickel coins of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1883, 1884, 1904 and 1912. Although, according to the Law, the Minister of Finance was authorized to mint 10 million dinars of these nickel coins, only 5 million pieces in each denomination were actually minted, in the total nominal value of just 1,750,000 dinars. The general opinion is that after the war only a small amount of these nickel coins reached Serbia, because the ships transporting the Serbian coins from the minting house sank on their way. The only varying aspect in this explanation is the location from which the ships were sailing towards Corfu, i.e. from the USA or from France. These coins stopped being legal tender as of 30 November 1931.
Sažetak
Zakon o vanrednim kreditima u iznosu od 200 miliona dinara i kovanju srebrnog i niklenog novca iz 1916. godine bio je pravni osnov za kovanje niklenog novca od 5, 10 i 20 para Kraljevine Srbije na kojima se nalazi 1917. godina kao godina kovanja. Pojedini autori smatraju da je kovan u Pariskoj kovnici, drugi da je kovan svakako u Francuskoj ali u za sada nepoznatoj kovnici. Ima i autora koji u skorašnjoj literaturi ističu mogućnost njegovog kovanja u američkoj kompaniji (The Gorham Company) u Providensu na Roud Ajlandu. Ove kovanice imale su sve osobine novca od nikla Kraljevine Srbije iz 1883, 1884, 1904. i 1912. godine. Iako je prema Zakonu ministar finansija bio ovlašćen da iskuje 10 miliona dinara ovog niklenog novca iskovano je 5 miliona komada od svakog apoena u ukupnoj nominalnoj vrednosti od svega 1.750.000 dinara. Jedinstveno mišljenje je da je u Srbiju nakon rata stigla samo neznatna količina ovog niklenog novca što se objašnjava kao posledica potapanja brodova koji su nosili srpske kovanice iz kovnice. Objašnjenje se jedino razlikuje odakle su ti brodovi plovili ka Krfu, iz Amerike ili Francuske. Ovaj novac prestao je da bude zakonsko sredstvo plaćanja 30. novembra 1931. godine.
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