Talk:Micronational currency systems

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There is plenty of information on this topic throughout the internet. I started a history section, beginning with Lundy, and if there are editors who want to help improve this recently created article, here are two sites which they will find useful:

• Unrecognised States Numismatic Society
• The Imperial Collection

Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 15:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inclusions

In my opinion this list should not include fantasy currencies - ie, currencies for which no tangible coins or banknotes have ever been produced. Accordingly, I propose removing the fantasy inclusions currently listed - unless someone has particular objections. --Gene_poole (talk) 23:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Which currencies would you like to see removed? Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 16:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Elsanor, Kemetia, Sabotage, Tycho, Voodice - these are all internet fantasies as far as I can tell. They do not exist in the real world and have not produced coins, banknotes or indeed any other tangible product.

Coral Sea, Ladonia, NSK, North Dumpling - these have a more tenous existence in the real world (apart from NSK which is an artist's collective) - but they have still not produced either coins or banknotes.

In both cases we can't list any of them here because their "currencies" do not actually exist in any tangible form. --Gene_poole (talk) 22:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

True - plus the list could almost be endless if we included internet fantasies with their (mostly) non-existent currencies. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 10:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

What do you think of the idea of adding a picture of either one coin or banknote, as a representative example, beside each entry on the list? Is it practical? --Gene_poole (talk) 01:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely. I would place it right of the flag column. However, we would need to decide on a system for what coin to add, otherwise there could be an endless debate of opinion. Once we have decided on a reasonable system we can add it to the micronation convention. Onecanadasquarebishopsgate 08:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the matter of which coin/banknote picture we decide to include in this list is likely to generate any controversy. Whichever one we pick in each case, it is merely a representative example. In many cases there are only 2-3 to choose from in any case. --Gene_poole (talk) 07:15, 17 May 2008 (UTC)