Okay, since many countries are splitted up, why isn't Egypt split up?
In 1958 to 1961 Egypt and Syria were in a union called United Arab Republic. Even though it says "Syrian pound" and "Egypt" on the coins, it was still a union under one flag, one coat of arms, and one president.
If I remember correctly, it was because Egypt and Syria both continued to issue their own, distinct coins during this time period. So, although there was a political union, there wasn't a currency union.
Please don't split countries up, just follow the country list in SCWC, otherwise it's impossible to search in numista. Sorry, but I don't really care if it gives less different countries for somebody.
I prefer to keep them split because the UAR never had a currency union (an Egyptian Pound was worth more than 10 Syrian Pounds if I remember correctly).
Austria-Hungary is even split and these even had a currency union although they had their own national coinages. And in terms of searchability the UAR was a mess.
I don't necessarily always need to follow SCWC. I prefer to follow local sources if they are more sensible. But in the UAR case I really see no reason to go for a weird split with 2 separate currencies in one country.
For countries like the USSR and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth where the coinage was used throughout their countries, it is reasonable to have them listed together. In other cases such as the UAR, as jokinen had explained, both countries had issued their own coins, then there is no reason to list them together, but rather as a subheading/separate currency within both countries.
Kenny
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