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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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Hi, I collect world coins, and catalog my coins based on its country's flag. There are 194 flags flying and none of them is a Hongkong flag and I have a Hongkong coin.
Where should an old colony 1960 coin be cataloged? example is Hongkong - with the New Country (China) or with the previous (Great Britain)
I know it could go either way as I have seen with a lot of website coin galleries per country, but I'd like to catalog mine same as majority see it.
Thank you for your opinions and how you see it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One has to be somewhat flexible in our ever changing world. At the time the coin was issued Hong-Kong wasn't a part of China. Neither was it a part of Great Britain (although it is subjective whether to consider a colony a part of the empire).
In your case, I guess, I would have a common heading "China" and then have some subcategories, i.e. Hong-Kong, Macao (eventually it will be Chinese as well), Taiwan (another very gray area).
If, on the other hand, you go for the number of countries in your collection (the more the merrier) you should list every principality separately.
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 Australia
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Hong Kong under Chinese rule does have it's own flag: Wikipedia article. Macao is already Chinese; it was handed over to the PRC in 1999. Both Hong Kong and Macao are considered "special administrative regions" with a great deal of autonomy; Hong Kong even sends it's own team to the Olympics. On that basis, I'd still classify it as a separate country. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
I have similar issues with places like Morocco. I store the Morocco under French rule in the French box, the newer stuff alphabetically under M, just like any other country. Same with Algeria, etc. I've also got the problem with former Portuguese colonies!
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Pillar of the Community
 Philippines
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 Copy, thanks all for the possibilities, will go GB-China for Hongkong based on the coin year, except years 98-99-2000 which is a special category Hongkong for Hongkong during transition. That about covers all the bases, still...can't get it out of my mind. Although there's a lot of other coins there too, they sort of resolve themselves, Hongkong is the triple-decker sandwich, where to bite?, and it has a flag! (thanks sap) this is about the toughest coin situation for me....  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I've been to Hong Kong, and it's really it's own place, not quite China, not quite Britain. I place my coins accordingly, giving Hong Kong it's own little niche in the H's.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Simple solution, make up your own flags.  |
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United States
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Would love to see pics of your various world coins. Any in particular stand out as key coins?
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Posted 11/03/2009 02:35 am
