Issuers changes and additions: Indian princely states

Hello!

Here is a Sheet for the Indian princely states:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YeRQRDA960rQfE6NUSUCCFiWSgHRTlGc3pr9F78SKX0/edit?usp=sharing

I posted this a while ago in the referee forum, for which I no longer have access to, but it seems that thread has been marked as done, but not everything was done, sooooo… perhaps there can be a discussion of the confusing parts here.  :)

The biggest change I am recommending:

Remove “princely” from most of the issuer names. While these were princely states, they were not individually known as that--more simply just “State”. For a quick few examples taken directly from the coins:

Some of them also weren't “States”--some were Kingdoms and some were Cities, and I showed which ones accordingly. 

Other than that, the next biggest change is approximately 25 new issuers for coins and 5 strictly for banknotes.

And… yeah. Any comments or questions welcomed, of course.  :)

No need to discuss that, since the coins do not show “PRINCELY”, but since SCWC uses “Princely States” as an umbrella, but only the state name on the detailed pages, it's corresponding to the misuse of umbrella names , which Numista has decided to go for!

All in all I agree very much with you😁

Ok for you I proceed @sujit_kumar ?

Princely states is generally considered as name for the states under British occupation of India (before 1947). Most of the states had a local ruler, but they were not referred as Kings (but rather Prices) as British were ultimately ruling them. But there are some states which were rules by Independent kingdoms as well (Not under British rule). So i leave it on community's best judgement of how to name them.  

sujit_kumar

Princely states is generally considered as name for the states under British occupation of India (before 1947). Most of the states had a local ruler, but they were not referred as Kings (but rather Prices) as British were ultimately ruling them. But there are some states which were rules by Independent kingdoms as well (Not under British rule). So i leave it on community's best judgement of how to name them.  

Travancore was classed as both a kingdom & a princely state.

The coins of Travancore from the end of the 18th. Century until the 1940s should be under ‘Indian Princely States’.

Those states ruled independently not under British suzerainty should be under ‘Indian Independent Kingdoms’. That applies to Mysore before 1799.

Mysore's first coins as an Indian Princely State was released in around 1799 or 1800.

Aidan.