UK Banknotes [Risolto]

Before we get too many notes added to our wonderful new catalogue, can we pause and consider how to organize the UK notes? These tend to be broken down into Great Britain, Scotland and Northern Ireland in other catalogues. Can I suggest that we have "England" for the issues of the Bank of England and "United Kingdom" (already started) for the Treasury notes (1914-1928) and the military issues (already going in I see), thus skipping "Great Britain" all together?

British Armed Forces & British Military Authority also warrant separate listings as well.

All Bank of England notes should be under 'England'.

Wales also had banknotes as well.

Some places in the U.K. have had their own local community currency notes as well.

Aidan.

It's not quite so simple, don't forget Bank of England notes are legal tender throughout the UK

Cita: "radrick007"​It's not quite so simple, don't forget Bank of England notes are legal tender throughout the UK

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Rick, except in Scotland, where banknotes are accepted as customary tender.

Of course, Northern Ireland & Scotland have their local banknote issuers as well.

Aidan.

Cita: "radrick007"​It's not quite so simple, don't forget Bank of England notes are legal tender throughout the UK

To clarify this point:

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/knowledgebank/what-is-legal-tender

Ten shilling notes were legal tender throughout the UK but that was the only time. It's best, as Aidan suggests, to consider what can be spent rather than the very limited definition of legal tender.

I was thinking British Armed Forces & British Military Authority could go under United Kingdom but a sub-section within that would be fine. If we reach the point of listing notes from the "provincial" banks as they were known, we certainly could have a separate Welsh section.

Can I urge the swift addition of "issuing entity" to the banknote section so that Scottish and NI notes can start to be added? We'll also need to add later monarchs to Scotland as well as creating Northern Ireland.

Please use the banknotes section on this forum

Ole

I was in the middle of writing this

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic95013.html

when the last comment came through.

'Wales' needs a listing as well - as Wales also had quite a few banknote issuers as well.

Aidan.

So we need just Wales in terms of new issuers, right?

Cita: "Jarcek"​So we need just Wales in terms of new issuers, right?

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Yes, & British Armed Forces.

Aidan.

British Armed Forces has already been added as an issuing entity for the UK, although it has not been applied to all the relevant notes. Wales still needs to be added as an issuing authority.

Ok, Wales should appear once database refreshes and banknote is moved there.