Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/Categories

Proposed update to the existing category structure for articles in Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics. For questions/discussion, please use the talk page, or simply update this structure. Once consensus is reached, and categories changed, this page will be updated to show the (new) existing structure with descriptions of each category for future reference. Descriptions below currently focus on the difference between the current structure and the proposed structure.

Category Structure

All of the following categories belong in the Numismatics WikiProject. They are all subcategories of Category:Money. All categories not listed here, including other subcategories of Money, do not belong in the WikiProject.

Category:Currency.
- Category:Numismatics. Moved from a subcategory of Category:Money, since Numismatics is the study of currency, not money. Also, many articles need to be removed from this category. It should be reserved specifically for articles relating to the study of currency, not articles relating to currency. So, this would be for famous numismatists, collectors' clubs, collectors' magazines/resources, etc. From the Numismatics infobox, Terminology, Coinage, Coin collecting.
- Category:Currency production. Articles about producing coins and paper money. If someone wanted to add information about which metals are used to make coins and why, it would go here.
  - Category:Mints. Articles about mints.
    - Category:United States mints. Articles about the United States Mint and its branch mints.
      - Category:United States Mint officers. All officers of the United States Mint
        Category:United States Mint engravers. Engravers of the United States Mint. These are the people who design the currency which is why this category appears twice in the hierarchy.
  - Category:Currency designers.
    - Category:United States currency designers.
      - Category:United States Mint engravers.
  - Category:Currency production methods. Articles relating to how currency is produced.
- Category:Coins (label). A labelling category, not exactly part of the hierarchy. Within the hierarchy, a simple article will fit in one spot. If it's about coins, it will also be part of this category. Many articles in many other subcategories will be about coins.
- Category:Banknotes (label). A labelling category, not exactly part of the hierarchy. Within the hierarchy, a simple article will fit in one spot. If it's about banknotes, it will also be part of this category. Many articles in many other subcategories will be about banknotes.
- Category:Community currencies. No recommendations for improvement.
- Category:Exonumia. All forms of non-money that are used as money or similar to money are included here. The project organization splits tokens and medals out, but these are part of Exonumia. From the infobox, Medals, Orders, Decorations, Tokens, Checks, Credit Cards would go here.
- Category:Fictional currencies. No recommendations for improvement.
- Category:Legal tender. This is a new category. Category:National currencies and Category:Regional currencies were at this level. Merging the existing category structure with that proposed in the infobox led to the need for a category here.
  - Category:Modern currencies. A new category reflecting the time based categorization used in the project infobox.
    - Category:Circulating currencies (label). A new category reserved for circulating currencies. Takes articles from Category:National currencies
    - Category:Modern obsolete currencies (label). A new category taken from Category:Historical currencies to distinguish between medieval, ancient, and modern obsolete currencies. Also takes articles from Category:National currencies
    - Category:Monetary unions (label). Moved from Category:Regional currencies (which was in a different location). Articles will also be categorized by time period (modern/medieval/ancient) and location (african/asian-pacific/american/european).
    - Category:Commemorative currencies (label). New category to label commemoratives.
    - Category:African currencies
    - Category:American currencies. Moved from Category:Currencies of the Americas
      - Category:Brazilian currency. Moved from Category:Currencies of Brazil
      - Category:Canadian currency. Moved from Category:Currency of Canada
        Category:Canadian coins
      - Category:United States currency. Moved from Category:Currency of the United States
        Category:United States banknotes. Moved from Category:Federal Reserve Notes
        
        Category:Historical currencies of the United States. Deleted. This is redundant because of the labelling categories.
        
        Category:United States coins
        
        Category:United States commemorative coins. Deleted. This is redundant because of the labelling categories.
    - Category:Asian and Pacific currencies. Moved from Category:Asian currencies
      - Category:Hong Kong currency. Moved from Category:Currencies of Hong Kong
      - Category:Singapore currency. Moved from Category:Currencies of Singapore
      - Category:Rupee. Deleted. Replace with a page linking to all rupees (similar to Franc).
    - Category:European currencies
      - Category:British currency. Moved from Category:British money
        Category:British coins. Moved from Category:British coinage
        
        Category:Scottish currency
      - Category:Danish currency. Moved from Category:Danish krone
      - Category:Eurozone currency. Moved from Category:Euro
        Category:Eurozone coins. Moved from Category:Euro coins
        
        Category:Currencies replaced by the euro. Deleted. All currencies listed elsewhere in the hierarchy and linked from Euro.
      - Category:Polish currency. Moved from Category:Currencies of Poland
  - Category:Medieval currencies. New category per the infobox.
  - Category:Ancient currencies. New category per the infobox.
    - Category:Ancient Greek coins. Moved from Category:Greek currencies
    - Category:Ancient Roman coins. Moved from Category:Ancient Roman currency
    - Category:Byzantine coins. New category. See Byzantine coinage
    - Category:Ancient Asian coins. New category per the infobox.
    - Category:Primitive currency. New category per the infobox.
- Category:Currency stubs.
Category:Money forgery. Does this belong under currency as Category:Currency forgery?
Category:Monetary reform. Does this belong under currency? Monetary Reform is accounting reform that reaches more deeply into banking central bank, money supply and monetary policy. It affects how money is created and destroyed, and what constitutes a reliable measure of economic growth and measures of national income.

Examples

These are some existing articles, and where they belong in the new category structure (for clarity, I'm including the entire hierarchy). Most articles will be in at least two categories (one for geography, one for time), with some also in a third or more for extra information (e.g., "Coins", or "Monetary Unions").

British coin Half Farthing

1. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"European currencies"->"British currency"->"British coins"
2. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"Modern obsolete currencies"
3. "Currency"->"Coins"

CFA franc (this article mentions the coins and banknotes, so it is included in those categories)

1. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"African currencies"
2. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"Modern currencies"
3. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"Monetary unions"
4. "Currency"->"Coins"
5. "Currency"->"Banknotes"

Lepton (currency)

1. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"European currencies"
2. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"Ancient currencies"
3. "Currency"->"Coins"

Polish złoty (this article mentions the coins and banknotes, so it is included in those categories)

1. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"European currencies"->"Polish currency"
2. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"Modern currencies"
3. "Currency"->"Coins"
4. "Currency"->"Banknotes"

Austro-Hungarian gulden (this article does not mention the coins or banknotes, so it is not included in those categories)

1. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"European currencies"
2. "Currency"->"Legal Tender"->"Modern obsolete currencies"