All these series may appear the same, but they have different numbers in the SCWPM. Please split them up so they have their own listings:
Series 1996: P#503
Series 1999: P#508
Series 2001: P#514
Series 2003 and 2003 A: P#519 and P#519a correspondingly
Series 2006: P#528 <- keep in this listing
Series 2006 A: P#529
I disagree. If there is no significant change other than date and/or signature, a single listing is much more useful. The individual subtypes can still be recorded without creating a catalogue that's as difficult to use as SCWPM. Most other countries are not treated in this way in SCWPM, really just the USA and Bank of England.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
If you do it different then how they are in the SCWPM, you're going to run into one of two problems:
1. If you leave that entry as just P# 528 and search for any of the other Series' codes, you will get no results.
2. If you add the other numbers to that entry and then export your collection, the Reference column won't fit them all. You can already see this issue in the coin catalog with entries like Luxembourg L# 266, 269, 271, Weiller# 256, 259, 261, BV# 268, 271, 273, KM# 21, Schön# 1, where I would like to see KM#21, but instead only get L# 266, 269, 271.
Are you saying that if the individual catalogue numbers are listed separately in the year list that a search for one of them will not work? If that is the case, I'd say we need to fix the search rather than populate our catalogue with the mistakes and inconsistencies of SCWC and SCWPM. Please also bear in mind that others collectors may want to search on other numbering systems, so we can't just use SCWC and SCWPM as out standard.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
I was talking about the Export feature under My collection. What you mentioned is yet another issue. The search does not look at the year line comments, so you will never be able to find a variant like L#269-1 directly.
I've just looked at your original example and must apologise for not doing so earlier. The individual P#s were not listed in the year lines, hence they could not be searched for. I've submitted an edit which includes all the P#s and this should at least fix the search issue.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
Just because one catalogue lists separate types, it does not mean we have to do the same. We do not separate pages on minor varieties like dates or signatures.
While there may be search problems or export problems... that is not something we can help. Regarding the export: there are bound to be some errors. Just gotta go in there and correct it yourself, as far as I can see. It is more so an error with exporting than an error on the page.
And with search, there is a limit to five reference numbers (in that field). With our current format, that is not something we can help. We must work with what we have.
Oh dear, that was going to be my next request, to increase the number of available catalogue numbers. However, as long as they are listed in the years, I think search will find them.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
Another thing I forgot to mention is that here we have a lot of people who collect US notes not just by what Series they are, but also by what Federal Reserve Bank district they were issued (identified by the first letter of the serial number, A-L, and a district seal on older notes). At some point, someone will likely request to split those Series into 12 year lines each, which would make for a rather long list.
Hii I'm just checking Central African states and I find this https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note201829.html
Some one has put all 10000 Francs of different reference no in same enter,like P#105C,205E,305F,405L,505N&605P
All this note are below to different country of Central African states 10000 fcs.
I personally like how every Prefix/Bank letter is listed on a separate line. I have been modifying a lot of U.S. banknote pages to include a line for every Federal Reserve Bank.
I think it is fine the way it is. The banknote does specifically say "Bank of the Central African States" (translated), and having the various countries in the year-lines resembles how the Eurozone is.
Why Pick separates them and not the Eurozone ones... I am not sure. But they also list the Eurozone ones in a weird way (a whole new number for different signatures rather than a new letter). So... I would suggest not following Pick here.
