Gardiners Island - USA?

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May I suggest that it would be better if micro nations or islands that issue their own currency (often only valid locally or even completely fake - such as Gardiners Island, Lundy, Christiania and Sealand, etc.), be listed under the country they form part of (i.e. USA, Denmark, UK, etc.).  Giving them the status of a separate nation, such as Andorra or The Vatican, although hilarious does seem a bit false.

Amateur coin collector with some tokens

They are under micronations or fantasy headline.

Catalogue administrator

Here's an extract to show what I mean…

 

In the catalogue, Gardiners Island has the same status as both France and Germany, yet is clearly an island in the USA…

 

 

Lundy too - In the Bristol Channel, UK…

 

 

Yet,  fully independently governed States, such as Jersey or even Hong Kong who produce genuine circulation coins, have less status in Numista than these internal islands with their ‘fantasy’ money…

  

Amateur coin collector with some tokens

But this is simply issuer name search and search shows paremt sections.

Catalogue administrator

I think the Catalog is pretty clear. The places you mention (and many others) are classified where they should be: Micronations or Fantasy places, in the main Issuers menu. 

 

Obviously, if you search in the drop-down list, they don't appear under the country they belong to, but in strict alphabetical order. If we were to put these "places" under their corresponding geographic country, official states would be mixed with fantasy states.

I think is ok like it is right now, only my opinion. 🙂

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