| Description | Includes: - a photograph of the coining room at the Royal Mint, Bangkok. Folded. [not dated, c.1903] - a testimonial of satisfaction from the Ministry of Finance, Siam for the machinery and plant supplied by The Mint, Birmingham Ltd. for the Royal Mint at Bangkok, 24 June 1903. - correspondence between Colin Perry, Managing Director of The Mint, Birmingham Ltd. and John Hudson, researcher, regarding the Thai Mint, January - October 1978 - correspondence between Taylor & Challen Ltd., Engineers and The Mint, Birmingham Ltd. concerning the possibility of manufacturing gears for Heaton presses still in use in Bangkok, June 1959 - typed notes on Siam coinage (2 copies), 15 December 1948 - an agreement between James Riches (Consul for Siam in London) and The Mint, Birmingham Ltd. for the manufacture and supply of 60 tons of nickel coin for the Siamese government, 09 February 1898 - a copy agreement between the Minister of Finance of Siam and Captain F.M. Martin, Surveyor for the employment of Mr. Martin as Chief Engineer to the Royal Mint of Bangkok, 25 July 1898. - a specification for the Siam Mint to be capable of producing 100, 000 silver Ticals in 10 hours, with handwritten annotations, 15 February 1899. - a copy agreement between James Riches (Consul for Siam in London) and Charles Renfrew Doran and Alexander Murray for the employment of Mr. Doran and Mr. Murray as Engineer's Fitters for the erection of machinery in the Royal Mint Bangkok, 18 December 1900. - an agreement between James Riches (Consul for Siam in London) and The Mint Birmingham Ltd. for the manufacture and supply of a complete plant of machinery for the Siam Mint, 21 February 1900. - a ;etter (and photocopy) from Captain F.M. Martin (at the Royal Mint, Bangkok) to Hugh Middleton, 26 June 1901. - an agreement between James Riches (Consul for Siam in London) and The Mint, Birmingham Ltd. for the supply of bronze coins, 11 September 1903 |