South Africa - Map

Hello, I was looking at the map and wondered why Southwest Africa (present day Namibia) isn’t included with South Africa, at least from WWI through 1990 when it was a UN mandate.

Did Southwest Africa issue its own currency during this era? Or did they use the Rand?

Thank you to anyone who can help.

Namibia is not included with South Africa because Namibia is not the same country as South Africa. Obviously. The fact that some South African coins would also have circulated in Namibia is mostly irrelevant in this context.

(I'm actually not sure how things like this should work - but have to note that we don't count Serbian coins for Montenegro either.
We do count Sudanese coins for South Sudan, though IIRC a few years ago we didn't even do that.)

I see what you mean but as someone who doesn’t collect modern (in my lifetime) coins I’ll never have that area shaded on my map. Just hoping there was a way it could be incorporated.

Cita: "RayDay"​I see what you mean but as someone who doesn’t collect modern (in my lifetime) coins I’ll never have that area shaded on my map. Just hoping there was a way it could be incorporated.

​There are a few (rare) tokens from German South West Africa; if you somehow manage to acquire one of those, you could probably get away with adding them under Namibia.

Apparently they do show up every so often, and tend to sell for about $200 or so? I wasn't able to find an example that had not sold yet, but I'm sure you could eventually (with some patience).

The map is coloured by present-day borders. Even if predecessor state(s) of contemporary South Africa (or other non-extinct state) have had different borders, it is not taken into account.

For the most part I agree but the old Islamic caliphates (Abbasid, Ottoman, etc.) cover more than just the area they were ruled from.

I was thinking that the same could apply to South Africa 1918-1990, while the UN mandate was in place.

it would be different if that area had their own coins minted. Palestine under British mandate for example

its just frustrating that I have to acquire a 1990’s or newer coin to complete that area on the map.

If you think about it, this idea doesn't make any sense.

British coins circulated in South Africa until 1923. Does this mean that South Africa should be included in the map colouring for the United Kingdom?

And since South West Africa was under South African administration since 1918, and also used British currency, should it also be included in the map colouring for the United Kingdom?

It think it stands to reason that the answer is "no". I understand that you might want to colour as much of your map in as possible, we shouldn't rewrite history for you to be able to do this. South West Africa was never formally a part of South Africa. They had their own postage stamps, passports, legal system and trade arrangements. They used South African currency only as a matter of convenience.