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[edit] Banknotes of South West Africa

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[edit] Citizendium

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[edit] Re: Numismatics style

Yes, I agree with you, an instance like this is where confusion arises because of the naming convention. It will be quite tricky to revamp the Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/Style without consensus, but if you want you can still propose a change on the discussion page. Since you have already left a note on the talk page of the WikiProject you should be getting some feedback from other contributors of numismatic-related articles.

Otherwise, you could propose merging the section on Coins of the South African Republic into Coins of the South African rand (or vice versa) - I don't see anything wrong with that, and I don't think that would be against the numismatics style, although I may be wrong.

Good work on starting Postal Orders of Gibraltar, I'll help out as much as possible. Cheers, Chris.B 12:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't have any postal orders with me at the moment but I'll try to get one, thanks for the suggestion.
Gibraltarian tokens are quite complex. Only a few have been catalogued by Krause-Mischler and the rest are very very scare. Have a look at this article where I have added all the "known" or officially catalogued tokens with images, plus a bit of the history of the Gibraltar's coinage too. Chris.B 12:57, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Yes, that's a good idea. I don't have the Krause catalogue myself so I will take it that you can fill in the catalogue numbers and any other details - that is assuming you own a copy of the catalogue. I can add the images and anything else. I'll also note the article Gibraltarian real at the top of the page. Thanks, Chris.B 13:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Traders' Currency Tokens of Gibraltar

Well I've added as much as I know with respect to category numbers. It's looks alright to me, what do you think? Chris.B 14:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

No problem. The sentence was actually quite awkward, but I think I got the gist of it. Keep up the good work with numismatic articles bye the way, you are doing a great job. How come you haven't joined WikiProject Numismatics, I would have thought you were already a member. All you have to do is add your name to the list of participants. -- Chris.B 21:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coincraft

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[edit] Irish exile banknotes

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[edit] Postal Orders of Fiji

Sorry, this is not a topic I know anything about --Xorkl000 23:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Yer what are they, I dont know these. Enlil Ninlil 09:06, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I believe they are equivalent to checks for banks, in Australia there called Money orders and you can get them from any bank, they charge $3 for an amount under $1000. Enlil Ninlil 09:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article naming style

Hi, I have some comments about the articles you created. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numismatics#Recent addition of "banknotes of ..." and "postal orders of ..." articles. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 03:34, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Do not capitalize currency units

Please discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Numismatics#Do not capitalize currency units. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 06:56, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I am well aware of the standard catalog's style. I am also aware how you write articles on Wikipedia. But please discuss at the proper place, instead of my talk page. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 07:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
But why quote what other publications do, when Wikipedia has it's own style that has been in place long before you came along? Aidan, it appears that you just like to buck the system wherever you go. Bobby I'm Here, Are You There? 15:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Currency of the Solomon Islands

Prior to 1976, the Solomon Islands was a British protectorate under the name 'British Solomon Islands Protectorate'. There was no such currency as the Solomon Islands Pound, but there was a currency called the British Solomon Islands Protectorate pound, as the banknotes of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate are inscribed 'Government of the British Solomon Islands'. The nationality tag for currencies must be expressed correctly. The same thing goes for the Bruneian dollar and the Singaporean dollar. - (Numismaticman 06:27, 12 September 2007 (UTC))

I am not disputing the status of the Solomon Island before 1976. What I'm suggesting is that there is no need to encode the government form in the currency name. British Solomon Islands Protectorate it may have been, Russian Solomon Islands Commonwealth it could have hypothetically been. Doesn't matter, it's still Solomon Islands. I don't see French Fifth Republic franc or French Second French Empire franc. And since you like to write everything like the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, I must point out that these banknotes are still listed under "Solomon Islands" in the Standard Catalog. It's on page 1008 of the 11th edition, 1368-1960. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 06:51, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
There is still a bit of incorrect labelling in the Pick catalogues. The British Solomon Islands banknotes is one such example. Another is the banknotes of New Guinea being incorrectly described as being from German New Guinea. Of course, the Swakopmund Bookshop's notes are wrongly listed under 'German South West Africa'.
The Krause catalogues are now putting the coins of Belize separate from the coins of British Honduras. I was using this logic as well. - (Numismaticman 07:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC))
You can't just pick and choose what style you want to copy from the Standard Catalog. By doing so, you're invalidating your own argument of capitalizing currency units. Why must we follow the Standard Catalog when it suits your style? I can also claim that the Standard Catalog is wrong about capitalizing because it's currency units are not proper nouns! This is what I've been saying all along, and you've been avoiding to respond. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 07:18, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Where's the evidence for this? What has writing an article of a country's numismatic article under the correct name of a country got to do with capitalising currency units? I don't see any connection at all, to be quite frank. - (Numismaticman 07:24, 12 September 2007 (UTC))

The connection is
  • When you want to capitalize currency unit, you say it's because of the Standard Catalog
  • When you want to name the Solomon Islands pound "British Solomon Islands Protectorate pound", you say the Standard Catalog is wrong
The Standard Catalog is in the middle that connects the two issues and exposes your contradiction. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 07:31, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Writing style

I have some concern over your writing style. Let me be brief.

--ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 07:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commonwealth postal orders move

Hu requested that Commonwealth postal orders be moved back to Commonwealth of Nations postal orders. Since you moved the article to the current name, I'm leaving you a note about the proposal. The discussion area is here.--HarryHenryGebel 15:37, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Postal Orders of Alderney

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[edit] Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited

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