10 Qirsh/ Piastres - Hussein Kamel

Hussein Kamel was placed on the Egyptian throne by the British in December 1914 following their deposition of Abbas Hilmi II, who had made the political miscalculation of siding with the Ottomans at the outbreak of war. Britain simultaneously declared Egypt a protectorate, severing the nominal Ottoman suzerainty that had persisted for over a century. The Sultanate itself was a newly coined title — the British rejected "Khedive" as too Ottoman in flavor.

Hussein Kamel died in October 1917, making this a short series. The coins were struck at the Royal Mint in London, not in Egypt.