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== Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/Cryptocurrency task force ==

So I just did a overhaul to the main project page of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptocurrency]] like adding a orange-like color format to the page and made a userbox and a barnstar, but I'm now finding out there is a task force also for Cryptocurrency via [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Numismatics/Cryptocurrency task force]]. Was WikiProject Cryptocurrency approved through here instead of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals]]? Or did anyone here not know about WikiProject Cryptocurrency? [[User:Jerm|Jerm]] ([[User talk:Jerm|talk]]) 20:28, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
:I think we're very shorthanded and probably these things go unnoticed.--[[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 23:03, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
::Yeah, and a lot of editors are becoming less active too. I had marked like three WikiProjects this year as inactive and others as semi. I actually just marked WikiProject Cryptocurrency to semi because there are only two members who are still active editors. [[User:Jerm|Jerm]] ([[User talk:Jerm|talk]]) 23:37, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptocurrency]] is the "active" one. This task force is pretty much inactive so I marked it as [[:Category:Inactive task forces]]. [[User:Coin|Coin]] ([[User talk:Coin|talk]]) 22:08, 20 December 2020 (UTC)<br>

I added the assessment table of the task force to the page of the wikiproject, but I'm not sure if the wikiproject has the same amount of articles assessed according to the task force assessment table. [[User:Jerm|Jerm]] ([[User talk:Jerm|talk]]) 03:58, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

== [[200 euro note]] ==

Hi. I noticed that [[200 euro note]] (a Good Article) has an empty subsection ([[200 euro note#Security features (Europa series)|this one]]). This seems like something that can be easily fixed by someone with the right expertise, which is why I'm bringing it to your attention. Thanks! [[User:Lennart97|Lennart97]] ([[User talk:Lennart97|talk]]) 15:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

== [[1 yen note]] ==
I need someone to copyedit this article for me. It took a few days but I feel enough information has been poured into the article to bump it up to a "B" rating. - [[User:Knowledgekid87|Knowledgekid87]] ([[User talk:Knowledgekid87|talk]]) 16:39, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

== Good article reassessment ==

Please see [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Silver center cent/1]] ---[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#C60">Talk</span>]])</sub> 21:50, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

== [[Talk:Coins_of_the_United_States_dollar]] ==

Some bot keeps trashing the talk page of [[Talk:Coins_of_the_United_States_dollar]] can someone look into it? There is a new coin/bullion Morgan/Peace dollar coming out this year, and it may need to be added, but the bot keeps deleting the section to talk about how to add it to the page. [[User:Shadzar|shadzar]]-[[User_talk:Shadzar|talk]] 12:46, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

== FAR for Order of St Patrick ==

I have nominated [[Order of St Patrick]] for a [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Order of St Patrick/archive1|featured article review here]]. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|here]].<!--Template:FARMessage--> [[User:Z1720|Z1720]] ([[User talk:Z1720|talk]]) 21:22, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

== Usage of coin colour templates ==

Hello numisticians, I thought I'd drop this thought I had here for some initial feedback, before I go on and propose something more formal, as I know this is a passionately watched category of articles. The three templates used to add colour to tables of coinage ([[Template:Coin-copper-color]], [[Template:Coin-yellow-color]], and [[Template:Coin-silver-color]]) are all applied as per the numistics MOS, with entire rows being coloured (example taken from MOS):
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="13"|Prewar series - Regular issues (link to official page about this series if exists)
|- 
!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!colspan="4"| Technical parameters !!colspan="3"| Description !!colspan="3"| Date of 
|- 
! Obverse !! Reverse !! Diameter !! Thickness !! Mass !! Composition !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse !! first minting !! issue !! withdrawal
|- {{Coin-copper-color}}
|align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| [[Image:HUPf 1 1938 obverse.jpg|42px]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| [[Image:HUPf 1 1938 reverse.jpg|42px]]
| 1 f
| 17.0 mm
| 1.0 mm
| 1.66 g
| [[Bronze]]<br/>95% [[copper]]<br/>4% [[tin]]<br/>1% [[zinc]]
| Smooth
| "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", [[Crown of St. Stephen|Holy Crown of Hungary]], year of minting
| Indication of value, mintmark
| [[1926]]
| [[27 December]] [[1926]]
| [[31 December]] [[1945]]
|}

Couldn't we make it so that only the cells in the 'composition' column get the colour instead? This has two benefits, as I see it:
*The reader may be confused about why a row is seemingly arbitrarily coloured, but if it's just one cell, the contents of that single cell should make it very clear what the colour refers to
*I suspect minimising the use of coloured backgrounds will improve accessibility

Here's what it could look like:
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="13"|Prewar series - Regular issues (link to official page about this series if exists)
|- 
!colspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!colspan="4"| Technical parameters !!colspan="3"| Description !!colspan="3"| Date of 
|- 
! Obverse !! Reverse !! Diameter !! Thickness !! Mass !! Composition !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse !! first minting !! issue !! withdrawal
|- 
|align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| [[Image:HUPf 1 1938 obverse.jpg|42px]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| [[Image:HUPf 1 1938 reverse.jpg|42px]]
| 1 f
| 17.0 mm
| 1.0 mm
| 1.66 g
|bgcolor="#e0954f"| [[Bronze]]<br/>95% [[copper]]<br/>4% [[tin]]<br/>1% [[zinc]]
| Smooth
| "MAGYAR KIRÁLYSÁG", [[Crown of St. Stephen|Holy Crown of Hungary]], year of minting
| Indication of value, mintmark
| [[1926]]
| [[27 December]] [[1926]]
| [[31 December]] [[1945]]
|}

I've made the above update 'manually', but I'd imagine the templates can be updated if there's consensus that this is a good idea. Any thoughts? [[User:EditorInTheRye|EditorInTheRye]] ([[User talk:EditorInTheRye|talk]]) 09:24, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
:{{u|EditorInTheRye}} You make some valid points, but one problem I see with your proposal is that it would be impossible to color rows for [[bi-metallic coin]]s, such as the [[Coins of the Canadian dollar#Specifications|Canadian $2 coin]]. - [[User:ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">ZLEA</span>]] <sub>[[User talk:ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">T</span>]]</sub><span style="color:#6B8E23">\</span><sup>[[Special:Contributions/ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">C</span>]]</sup> 09:30, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
::{{u|ZLEA}} That's a good point, I hadn't thought of that, actually. It's doable, but I'll be the first to admit that editing this table (taken from the article you linked) was ''rather'' painful (but then again others may be more at ease with wikitable markup than I am)... 
::{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="14" |Canadian coins
|-
! colspan="2" |Image
! rowspan="2" |Value
! colspan="4" |Technical parameters
! colspan="3" |Description
! rowspan="2" |Common name
! rowspan="2" |First minted
! rowspan="2" |Discontinued
! rowspan="2" |Withdrawal
|-
!Obverse
!Reverse
!Diameter
!Thickness
!Mass
!Composition
!Edge
!Obverse
!Reverse
|-
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Toonie|$2]]
| rowspan="4" |28&nbsp;mm
| rowspan="4" |1.8&nbsp;mm
| rowspan="2" |7.3 g
| {{coin-silver-color}} |'''Ring:''' 99% [[nickel]]
| rowspan="2" |Intermittent milled/smooth
| rowspan="4" |[[Queen of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Polar bear]]
| rowspan="4" |Toonie
| rowspan="2" |1996
| rowspan="2" |2011
| rowspan="4" |Still in use
|-
|{{coin-yellow-color}} | '''Centre:''' 92% [[copper]]
6% [[aluminium]]
2% [[nickel]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |6.92 g
| {{coin-silver-color}} |'''Ring:''' [[nickel]] plated steel 
| rowspan="2" |Intermittent milled/smooth/edge lettered
| rowspan="2" |[[Polar bear]] with 2 security features
| rowspan="2" |2012
| rowspan="2" |Still produced
|-
|{{coin-yellow-color}} | '''Centre:''' [[aluminum bronze]]
|-
| colspan="14" |{{Standard coin table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}}
|}
::[[User:EditorInTheRye|EditorInTheRye]] ([[User talk:EditorInTheRye|talk]]) 10:05, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
:::{{u|EditorInTheRye}} Well, you addressed my only concern.  I support this idea. - [[User:ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">ZLEA</span>]] <sub>[[User talk:ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">T</span>]]</sub><span style="color:#6B8E23">\</span><sup>[[Special:Contributions/ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">C</span>]]</sup> 19:37, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

== Postal orders ==

Upon seeing [[Postal orders of Brunei]] being prodded for a lack of sourcing and no sources being evident, it seems a lot of [[:Category:Postal orders]] are old unsourced stubs that have not seen much work and face similar problems. Does anyone have a good source that looks into these, and if sourcing is highly limited is there a good way to consolidate these into a more supported article? [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 09:25, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

== Requested move at [[Talk:Ban Liang#Requested move 1 February 2025]] ==
[[File:Information.svg|30px|left]] There is a requested move discussion at [[Talk:Ban Liang#Requested move 1 February 2025]] that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. <span style="border-radius:2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F">[[User:Remsense|<span style="color:#fff">'''Remsense'''</span>]]<span style="color:#fff">&nbsp;‥&nbsp;</span>[[User talk:Remsense|<span lang="zh" style="color:#fff">'''论'''</span>]]</span> 01:41, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

== Good article reassessment for [[Aksumite currency]] ==
[[Aksumite currency]] has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Aksumite currency/1|reassessment page]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. [[User:Z1720|Z1720]] ([[User talk:Z1720|talk]]) 04:18, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

== WP rating based on what ==

what is the article rating based off here? Why are some currencies listed as top and others as high? <span style="text-shadow:#000 0em 0em 1em">[[Special:Contributions/Abo_Yemen|<span style="color:#000">𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨</span>]]&nbsp;[[User:Abo Yemen|<span style="color:#CD0000">Abo Yemen</span>]] ([[User talk:Abo Yemen|<span style="color:#000">𓃵</span>]])</span> 11:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

:I refer you to [[Wikipedia:Content assessment]]. If you see a rating you disagree with, other than to or from GA or FA which you may not unilaterally change, I suggest boldly changing it. [[User:Wehwalt|Wehwalt]] ([[User talk:Wehwalt|talk]]) 13:47, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
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== [[Used note]] ==

Can someone please add reliable sources to this stub? [[User:Bearian|Bearian]] ([[User talk:Bearian|talk]]) 04:09, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
:I'm not sure it even needs its own article.  Most of its contents can probably be merged with [[Banknote]] and [[Federal Reserve]]. - [[User:ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">ZLEA</span>]] <sub>[[User talk:ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">T</span>]]</sub><span style="color:#6B8E23">\</span><sup>[[Special:Contributions/ZLEA|<span style="color:#6B8E23">C</span>]]</sup> 07:51, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
::Agree. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 07:56, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

== To all who may concern. Please don't add series 2025 to any USD article until sources say it exists ==

I am adding this section because there have been some problems about people adding a series 2025 to all dollar bill articles except the $2 bill; and they're doing so based on information about Brandon Beech taking office as Treasurer. To remind everyone, we do '''NOT''' go by when the Treasurer/secretary takes office. We go by when the bill is printed and put into circulation. As of now, series 2025 still doesn't exist. There is a website with public records of print figures, it is on bep.gov, as soon as records appear of a 2025 series, we can add it to the tables in each article. [[User:Hurricane Clyde|<span style="color: Green;">'''Hurricane Clyde''' 🌀</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Hurricane Clyde|<span style="color: Blue;">''my talk page!''</span>]]</sup> 00:20, 17 June 2025 (UTC)