Rather than include these notes in the main Ireland section, since they only circulated within Limerick, could we please create a new issuer called “Limerick Soviet” within Ireland? I would not envisage the 2019 vouchers discussed here from being included in this section.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
So we'd have the issuing authority as “Limerick Soviet” and the issuing bank as “Limerick Trades and Labour Council”? I know it's not a bank but that's what the field is called. I'm still not sure what the purpose of the issuing entity field is.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
It was labeled ‘Limerick Soviet’ by the media at the time. As such, the term Limerick Soviet is a colloquialism. However, it is what collectors call the notes, so needs to be Prominent.
“The Limerick Trades and Labour Council” is the issuing authority or issuing entity, as printed on the notes. It wasn’t a bank. I would suggest the entity field.
Tricky to fit it into the menus so that it appears clearly. Using the available menus, I would suggest the following:
Title: ‘Limerick Soviet 1 Shilling’ (This gets Limerick Soviet in a prominent position) Issuing Authority: Ireland Ruling Authority: George V Issuing Bank: stays blank. Issuing Entity: Limerick Trades and Labour Council Currency: Pound Type: Local Banknote
Not sure that would work. If we give it the issuing authority of Ireland, it will appear alongside all the other Irish issues, not in a separate section for Limerick. If “Limerick Soviet” is just a nickname, then the following might be best:
Title: 1 Shilling (Limerick Soviet) Issuing Authority: Limerick Ruling Authority: George V Issuing Bank: stays blank. Issuing Entity: Limerick Trades and Labour Council Currency: Pound Type: Local Banknote
We have plenty of non-banks listed as "issuing bank" (not least the Irish Currency Commission) but if that's what the issuing entity field is for then so be it.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
Theirs was a strike for the right of workers to go to work free from interference.
The strike organisers were clear in that they were not being political. They were not attempting a revolution of their own, and were supportive of the Sinn Fein movement at the time. Thus, they fall under the Irish Flag for the purposes of a numista listing.
Theirs was a strike for the right of workers to go to work free from interference.
The strike organisers were clear in that they were not being political. They were not attempting a revolution of their own, and were supportive of the Sinn Fein movement at the time. Thus, they fall under the Irish Flag for the purposes of a numista listing.
The Irish Tricolour wasn't even the official flag of Ireland in 1919.
BC has a good point there. However, strictly speaking the Limerick notes may have been different to Notgeld in that they were a private note issue produced by an organisation (the strike committee) for a specific purpose, would have been issued to the strikers essentially as strike pay, and were not valid outside of a specific group of businesses.
@Jarcek Which section in Exonumia are you intending to put these notes? Having looked at Exonumia, I do not see them fitting under Paper Vouchers, as they were not vouchers; and they do not fit into any of the categories currently listed under Paper Exonumia.
