I thought of this, after I read a story about a custommer who tried to use one of the older Danish 50 kroner notes:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note207571.html
But this is the one we use now:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note202093.html
And the young cashier didn't want to take it, doubting its autenticity/legality. But as a matter of facts, it still has the value of 50 kroner (All Danish coins and notes from face value of 50 øre and up, are all legal tender as face value) But, it is not in widely circulation. If you bring it to the bank though, they will also exchange it to the current bills/coins or into one's bank account, in the same value, and the bill/coin will be destroyed/melted down, if not the banker takes it, for them self. They may collect too
The short story is: Could we get something to indicate if the note/coin (design-serie) we have, is still in widely circulation? I know it can be hard, for eg. monarcies, where there is a transition period whenever we get a new head of state, or when a coin serie change, but it could be on three levels:
Not in widely circulation.
Getting out of widely circulation.
In widely circulation.
It can maybe also be hard to define "in wide circulation", but I think this feature could be nice regardsless, since some people only collects money in current circulation and other may just use Numista out of curiusity: "hmmm... Are these notes I got 20 years ago still useable?"
As a side note, something like this, could maybe also be a good thing for still exchangeable currencies, like the German Mark? Adding a 4th to the above levels:
Still exchangeable
Best regards
- Jamtrup
