Country name to be changed [solved]

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This message aims at: requesting the creation or the modification of a country in the catalogue

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Hi
please change Swaziland to Eswatini this is the same case as FYROM to North Macedonia.
Regards,
Damian
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
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Hi,

please don't! Even the no longer "existing" KM has not done that, so why would we?

As far as I know, Denmark, should be Danmark,
Finland should be Suimi
Sweden should be Sverige
Norway should be Norge
etc, etc, NO WAY!

Let's keep the official English names as long as possible!!!

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
so why Macedonia was changed to North Macedonia ?
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The CIA (whatever you may think of them, they are experts at gathering information) considers the official English name to be "Eswatini"; it is not merely a name in the original language. Sjoelund's argument does not apply since it applies to local names but we have been through this before. Cape Verde should be referred to as Cabo Verde and Ivory Coast should be referred to as Cote d'Ivoire in English per these countries' requests and CIA usage. Czechia is the official short form English name since 2016 for the Czech Republic, per Wikipedia, and is used by the CIA.

I consider such changes no different from the changing of Macedonia to North Macedonia. We do use Myanmar instead of Burma (though the CIA still uses Burma) and Timor-Leste instead of East Timor. We use Sao Tome and Principe instead of St. Thomas and Prince.

My own preference would be to declare a source (such as the World Factbook) for English names of countries and to follow that instead of undergoing constant arbitrary debate.

Will
Quote: "Coinman48"​The CIA (whatever you may think of them, they are experts at gathering information) considers the official English name to be "Eswatini"; it is not merely a name in the original language. Sjoelund's argument does not apply since it applies to local names but we have been through this before. Cape Verde should be referred to as Cabo Verde and Ivory Coast should be referred to as Cote d'Ivoire in English per these countries' requests and CIA usage. Czechia is the official short form English name since 2016 for the Czech Republic, per Wikipedia, and is used by the CIA.

​I consider such changes no different from the changing of Macedonia to North Macedonia. We do use Myanmar instead of Burma (though the CIA still uses Burma) and Timor-Leste instead of East Timor. We use Sao Tome and Principe instead of St. Thomas and Prince.

​My own preference would be to declare a source (such as the World Factbook) for English names of countries and to follow that instead of undergoing constant arbitrary debate.

​Will




​Totally agree with Will !
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Here's the CIA entry for Eswatini. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wz.html

Will
Hi,

and on the coins, what is written? Swaziland or Eswatini? If still Swaziland, don't change, whatever CIA might say!

Anyway, you'll have to leave the TWO different country names in your search criteria.

Ole
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Coin varieties in French:
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Quote: "Sjoelund"​Hi,

​and on the coins, what is written? Swaziland or Eswatini? If still Swaziland, don't change, whatever CIA might say!

​Anyway, you'll have to leave the TWO different country names in your search criteria.

​Ole
​And what is written on Macedonian coins ? North Macedonia or Macedonia ?
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Or we can change the name :
North Macedonia
- issuer Macedonia

Eswatini
-issuer Swaziland
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
On the Macedonian coins, it's still written "Republica of Macedonia".....

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
while on Numista is North Macedonia.

The best thing is we should do as i said above
North Macedonia
- issuer Macedonia

Eswatini
-issuer Swaziland
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
I don't really catch this game!

If the people in said countries don't care about CIA, or they would change their country name on their coins, why do we want to know better about the name of their country?

Ole
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Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
Quote: "Sjoelund"​On the Macedonian coins, it's still written "Republica of Macedonia".....

​Ole
​The name change became official just last month. I sent a message to the National Bank of North Macedonia asking them if future coin releases will bear the new name. Hopefully they will answer.
Quote: "SRV5490"
Quote: "Sjoelund"​On the Macedonian coins, it's still written "Republica of Macedonia".....
​​
​​Ole
​​The name change became official just last month. I sent a message to the National Bank of North Macedonia asking them if future coin releases will bear the new name. Hopefully they will answer.
​So until then there is no real hurry. We can wait for the first coins to enter circulation before changing anything, right? I just wonder if there is a South Macedonia as well?

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
So,why in that case the name was changed to North Macedonia?
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There is one thing i don't understand and hope NUMISTA Team will dispel my doubts.

Macedonia issues coins under old name but changed name to Norh Macedonia
result in Numista : name changed

Swaziland issues coins under old name but changed name to Eswatini
result in Numista : sill old name

Can someone from NUMISTA Team can explain to me ?

Both names Eswatini as well as North Macedonia are English names.

Regards,
Damian
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
Change just for the change's sake?????

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
Ole im looking for some logic here and why some countries are better then others...
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
Quote: "SRV5490"
Quote: "Sjoelund"​On the Macedonian coins, it's still written "Republica of Macedonia".....
​​
​​Ole
​​The name change became official just last month. I sent a message to the National Bank of North Macedonia asking them if future coin releases will bear the new name. Hopefully they will answer.
Just in -

​Bojan Cvetkovski <CvetkovskiB@nbrm.mk>10:12 AM (9 hours ago)
to Sonja, Arta, Info, me

Dear Rick,

We would like to thank you for your interest in our circulation/collector coins.

Regarding your questions, we would like to inform you that our new circulation and collector coins will bear the new name of our country. The circulation coins bearing the old name, will be gradually replaced by the new ones.

Kind Regards,


_______________________________________________
Bojan Cvetkovski
Head of the Unit for Operations with Foreign Currency,
Precious Metals and Counterfeiting Expertise
Banknotes Department

National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
"Kuzman Josifovski - Pitu" Blvd. No. 1,
1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Phones: +389 2 3108 - 251 (central: +389 2 3108 - 108)
www.nbrm.mk
It will be changed once it will be possible to type Swaziland into search and get result for Eswatini.
Catalogue administrator
Quote: "Coinman48"​We do use Myanmar instead of Burma (though the CIA still uses Burma)


​Any clue why the CIA refers to Myanmar as Burma? Vendetta against the country? I know from being in Thailand that many Myanmar people are offended if asked if they come from Burma. I think due to the fact that many people now were born under the name Myanmar. It's interesting though that their language is still referred to as Burmese. I wonder if USA media still uses Burma because of CIA? All of the banknotes from across the border say Myanmar. Maybe the CIA has not actually seen any? Lol!!
This does not matter now, as all names will be changed anyway. https://en.numista.com/forum/topic80930.html#p691185
Catalogue administrator
Quote: "Jarcek"​It will be changed once it will be possible to type Swaziland into search and get result for Eswatini.
​Thanks Jarcek.
is it possible to add new country Eswatini and put Swaziland under as issuer?
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
Hello guys,

I don't know if there is some relationship with this post but I think this should be changed :8D

I just saw it this morning. I suspect an admin has an automatic correction system on his computer  ?? Or the robot enjoys the 1st april ??

Quand l'Histoire et la Géographie se croisent sur nos pièces de monnaie ...
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For those interested in the Burma/Myanmar debate:
https://diytravelhq.com/burma-vs-myanmar/

Will
There has not been any coins under the name of 'eSwatini' yet.

Only those coins that will bear the name of 'eSwatini' should be listed under that name.

All the other coins should remain listed under 'Swaziland'.

Aidan.
Quote: "BCNumismatics"​There has not been any coins under the name of 'eSwatini' yet.

​Only those coins that will bear the name of 'eSwatini' should be listed under that name.

​All the other coins should remain listed under 'Swaziland'.

​Aidan.

​Aidan what do you say about North Macedonia ? :)

There has not been any coins under the name of 'North Macedonia' yet.

​Only those coins that will bear the name of 'North Macedonia' should be listed under that name.

​All the other coins should remain listed under 'Macedonia'
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
At the end of the day it's all the same, since "North Macedonia" includes "Macedonia", so I suppose all the coins from before "North Macedonia" will also be renamed to country "North Macedonia"????

I just tested this, and yes, Macedonia doesn't show up anymore!!!!! It's all in "North Macedonia". One would think that "North Macedonia" has existed since 1993! Is that an intended effect?

You know, the referees are playing 'God' with history now. I'm not sure I agree to that at all?

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
Tha is why i think best solution is what i wrote as above :
North Macedonia
- issuer Macedonia

Eswatini
-issuer Swaziland

others example:
Canada
Canada
Canadian provinces
Newfoundland

Benin
Benin
Dahomey

Russia
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic
Livonia and Estonia
Russia
Russia - Empire
Russian Caucasia
Siberia
Soviet Union (USSR)
Tannu Tuva
Tatarstan



What i dont know how "simple" this is for numista search engine.
Regards,
Damian
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
Agree! In February 2019 FYR Macedonia changed name to North Macedonia, and soon after the name was changed here, even though there are yet no coins, or banknotes, were it says Република Северна Македонија (Republika Severna Makedonija), still the name is changed here.

In April 2018 Kingdom of Swaziland changed its official English name to Kingdom of eSwatini. In April 19 2018 a 200 Emalangeni banknktes was issued where it was printed CENTRAL BANK OF eSWATINI on the back. Still the name is not changed here. The question is why. Because people don't "feel like it"? Can you be more ignorant and disrespectful than that?
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Now we have a coin issued under name of eSwatini :
https://worldcoinnews.blogspot.com/2019/06/eswatini-swaziland-10-cents-2018.html?fbclid=IwAR0gfShWFPbIrH9Qpd0jrXRzB2oyvSkh2bMonfFz5r3lnPZYcnV2Z04c4mE
Its time to change
Regards,
Damian
Former numista referee for Poland and half of african countries.
I invite you to my FB group about commemorative coins : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1635288620035921
Status changed to Accepted (Jarcek, 26-Jun-2019, 16:27)
A new coin coming from North Macedonia.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-Silver-Coin-100-Denars-Macedonia-2019/273897342430?hash=item3fc58dc5de:g:pgkAAOSwBRFdC4Uy
I really can't understand why the names hasn't been changed yet.

Swaziland - eSwatini
Nagorno-Karabakh - Artsakh

FYR Macedonia got changed to North Macedonia like the same day. What's the problem?
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Hi,

the problem is about search, technicalities and finding the issuer. That has nothing to do with politics, CIA naming, etc.

As written few times above, once it will be possible, the change will be done; as of now, it is not.
Macedonia was changed because there is no such problem: typing Macedonia you will find both with or without North. This is not the case for your 2 examples where the wording is totally different.
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Status changed to Done (Jarcek, 18-Sep-2019, 17:50)
I just solved this temporarily by renaming it to Swaziland/Eswatini. B)
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Jarek,
now should be changed permanently
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But NOT for the coins from Swaziland , name on the coins!!!!! So split the country if you want to, but make it coherent, if you search for one, you'll also find the other... thanks

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
This should be fixed already, and do not worry Ole, it is searchable. <:D
Catalogue administrator
Quote: "Jarcek"​This should be fixed already, and do not worry Ole, it is searchable. <:D
​I didn't expect anything else from you, my friend``-
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Only coins inscribed 'ESWATINI' should be under 'eSwatini' - namely the 2018 10 Cents only so far.

All the other coins should be under 'Swaziland'.

The first coins under the name of 'Myanmar' are dated 1991 - but all the others prior to that should be under 'Burma'.

The same thing applies to the banknotes as well.

Aidan.
I don't see why we suddenly change the names of historical eras of countries having issued coins under the old name before the countries have been renamed. Compare this to Ceylon/Sri Lanka, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Yugoslavia/Serbia.

Not to Burma/Myanmar, these are just different English names, like Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire
Quote: "BCNumismatics"​​The first coins under the name of 'Myanmar' are dated 1991 - but all the others prior to that should be under 'Burma'.

​Actually?
This 1966 coin https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1649.html
and the coins from 1991 have:
1966: ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ပြည်သူ့ဘဏ်‌ "Union of Burma, People's Bank"
1991: ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံဘဏ် "Union Bank of Myanmar"

Myanmar is, according to Wikipedia:

ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw "Republic of the Union of Myanmar"

so the name of Burma, Bama, Myama or Myanmar has always been မြန်မာ

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