Countries in your collection

Hi guys,

I was wondering why I have roughly 30 more countries on numista than I do in my actual collection. I was told that numista classifies issuers such as Guernsey or Bermuda as countries but why is that? Maybe they shouldn't be counted as countries anymore?

Adam

And replace it with what?

At the moment they are counted as countries but maybe they should just be classified as issuers.

Quote: "Chelseacoins"​At the moment they are counted as countries but maybe they should just be classified as issuers.

​And under what country then? They are all pretty independant from UK, if that is what you are thinking of. Having the queen figure on the coins doesn't make them less of an independent country.

Guernsey, Bermuda and a lot of other islands aren't independant and yet they are still counted as countries

Quote: "Chelseacoins"​Guernsey, Bermuda and a lot of other islands aren't independant and yet they are still counted as countries

​Then please clarify to what country you think they should below ... as each issuer needs to have a country above it

Oh no I mean that I was told that they come under countries rather than issuers when you look at your collection even though they aren't actually countries but territories.

Quote: "Chelseacoins"​Oh no I mean that I was told that they come under countries rather than issuers when you look at your collection even though they aren't actually countries but territories.

​They do come as countries. If you think that is not correct, under which country should they be added as issuer then?

I think they should be called the same as before but under issuer rather than country

Ok, look at https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?ct=coin. Every flag that is not under a country is called a Country. If you want them to be called Issuer, they should have a parent country, so the question then is, which country do you think they should be an issuer under. And before you answer, do you think the inhabitants of that 'issuer' agree with you?

Fair enough I see what you're saying but if they were under a country I think they should be under the UK as I think because they aren't recognised as countries by the world so that's what i was trying to say.

I think you're right that they're not real countries, but Guernsey is a crown dependency and specifically not a part of the United Kingdom. Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory, but does have it's own government.

Both Guernsey and Bermuda are self-governing and that makes them more than just an issuer.

Ok yeah I guess your right. Thanks for answering.