There's been a request pending for some time to add emergency issues as a type. Let's just be patient. It's not like these notes haven't functioned as regular banknotes, given how long they've been in circulation. We list Zimbabwean bearer cheques as standard banknotes without any problems.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
More than three years on and these Iranian notes are still circulating. I just don't see what the "emergency" is. The Zimbabwean notes should be classed as emergency issues, though. They were short-lived and issued during hyperinflation. I'd prefer “emergency issue” to be a tag rather than a type but there is some utility to the currenct system.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
More than three years on and these Iranian notes are still circulating. I just don't see what the "emergency" is. The Zimbabwean notes should be classed as emergency issues, though. They were short-lived and issued during hyperinflation. I'd prefer “emergency issue” to be a tag rather than a type but there is some utility to the currenct system.
I understood your point. But can I then raise a question?
Can an emergency note be categorized by the time it was circulated or by the event that motivated its production?
See... I'm not disagreeing with you; just trying to find some kind of pattern for cases like these (or accept that there simply isn't one…haha).
Vladimir
Catalogue Administrator and Banknote Master Referee.
I understood your point. But can I then raise a question?
Can an emergency note be categorized by the time it was circulated or by the event that motivated its production?
See... I'm not disagreeing with you; just trying to find some kind of pattern for cases like these (or accept that there simply isn't one…haha).
A fair question. A good example would be the UK Treasury notes. These began as an emergency issue at the outbreak of WWI but simply became normal notes when the gold coins they replaced never returned to normal circulation. Calling all eight types “emergency” makes no sense (and we currently don't) but you could very easily argue the first issues could carry the tag emergency owing to their nature (printed in a hurry on stamp paper rather than normal banknote paper). Adding such a tag, rather than changing the type, seems like the right way to indicate this and we could consider doing the same for these Iranian notes if there's evidence that the first issues were rushed out. Otherwise, we're using the emergency type to separate paper money issued in a different way to banknotes that has nothing to do with any ongoing emergency.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.
Reviewing the Iranian emissions, I noticed that these notes were widely circulated in Iran. I do not believe that these records can be related to an "emergency" or anything like that, despite the term "cheque" used.
I propose to keep the records as they are, unless some literature or reference tells us otherwise.
Regards,
Vladimir.
Vladimir
Catalogue Administrator and Banknote Master Referee.
