Talk:Banknote
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[edit] History
Not a single word on french revolution "assignats"!?
[edit] What central banks do
This is the brilliantest page on wikipedia This statement needs correction:
"Thus, by conducting this type of open market operation — selling bonds when there is excess currency and buying bonds when there is too little — the bank can maintain the value of the dollar at one ounce of silver without ever redeeming any paper dollars for silver. In fact, this is essentially what all modern central banks do, and the fact that their currencies might be physically inconvertible is made irrelevant by the maintenance of financial convertibility."
In fact, all modern currencies have lost the majority of their value relative to precious metals over the last 35 years precisely because the ending of the last link to such a metal (gold, in this case), allowed central banks to create paper money that never has to be redeemed in a precious metal. So it is clearly not true that "maintain[ing] the value of [their currency]" in terms of a precious metal is "essentially what all modern central banks do".
Stheller 16:04, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Request to provide proper credit for my images (or to remove the images from Wikipedia)
I do not appreciate that someone has removed a link to my free banknote gallery at http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm . My website has been linking a lot to Wikipedia.org. Example: http://www.banknotes.com/fr.htm => scroll down to "History of France" link. All of my gallery country pages are linking to Wikipedia's history articles and some other articles. I'm linking to all the history articles giving exposure to Wikipedia and you are not being fair. I've noticed many banknotes from Banknotes.com were (maybe still are) being used without any credit or link given. Here is an example of the many:
This is the banknote I scanned and posted in my free public gallery: http://www.banknotes.com/DK57.JPG
This is the same image that's been stolen (no credit given, not even asked a permission) from my site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:200kroner.jpg
The source is here, many imagesthere are stolen from Banknotes.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_banknotes
I can display many more pages on Wikipedia where my banknotes are posted improperly. I wouldn't mind providing banknote images to Wikipedia, but not to pirates.
Therefore I request removal of ALL banknote images from Wikipedia that were taken from Banknotes.com or provide proper credit for each image or a group of images on each Wikipedia page.
I expect a response. You can email admin (at)banknotes (dot) com .
Regards, Audrius
(69.130.6.215 23:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC))
- Please see WP:EL, in particular WP:EL#Advertising and conflicts of interest. Since you are the owner/author of the webpage, you can not place the link anywhere on Wikipedia. If you want it added, then follow the guidelines there, which say: "If it is a relevant and informative link that should otherwise be included, please consider mentioning it on the talk page and let neutral and independent Wikipedia editors decide whether to add it. This is in line with the conflict of interests guidelines." -- moe.RON Let's talk | done 23:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Look, I'm not fighting to put my gallery's link back on Wikipedia, I'm requesting proper credits for ALL my banknote images, otherwise please remove all of the images if the proper credits will not be provided to www.banknotes.com
Any advice on this? Or should I go and start removing all my images myself? Or I will go and post proper credit links myself.
"Since you are the owner/author of the webpage, you can not place the link anywhere on Wikipedia." - this is more than funny. How can we be sure you were not hired or are a friend of the link owner? This is NOT a fair game. I had a good opinion of wikipedia but now I have not so good opinion of wkipedia.
I am not requesting my link to be put back, but my images without proper credit will NOT be posted on wikipedia.
Stolen images will be removed. Please do not post images without providing a proper credit for the website. If you did not scan the image(s) then ask permission from the site's owner first! I own the scans (scanning the images is labour intensive and cost me money!), not the copyright. It's like owning on trillionth layer of a banknote, but not the design and not the copyright. In fact many of the banknotes that I own the scans of I own the physical banknotes as well. I am entitled to my hours spent scanning these images. I own the scanned images and no one can steal them without my permission. Even if it is a public gallery. I will gladly donate money, scans etc. but only if permission is asked first. I reserve the right not to donate everything I own! I do not want my images to be posted here without my control or linking back (credit link) because then people will steal from wikipedia and post elsewhere and use the images commercially under different file names etc. and it will go on without control.
69.130.6.215 00:01, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- If you are having a problem with an image being a copyright violation, check out Wikipedia:Copyright problems. For how to post images, see Wikipedia:Copyright problems#Instructions. Also, if you want help, place {{help}} on your talk page. -- moe.RON Let's talk | done 03:18, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The banknote with the lowest (absolute) value and the coin with the highest (absolute) value
I think it would be interesting to mention in the article which banknote has currently the lowest and which has the highest value out of the currencies of the Earth (considering their absolute, mid-market values, compared to each other). Besides, I'd be happy to know which coin has the highest value out of the currencies (excluding commemorative coins). Adam78 20:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- The highest non-commemorative banknote is 10,000 Singapore/Brunei dollars [1]. However, the 10,000 Brunei dollar series came from earlier series. The next is 500 Latvian latu [2]. And then 1000 Swiss franc [3]. 500 euro [4].
- The highest coin is 500 Japanese yen [5], then 2 pounds sterling [6] (a very close second). But my expertise is more on banknotes than coins. I don't know how this list will go.
- Lowest can be tricky. Often time, the lowest coins are in the process of being phased out, officially or unofficially. Do you know for sure that the 1 Somaliland shilling is really used in practice? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 22:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the answers! :-) You are amazing...
And another question: I wonder if you know which currency unit has presently the highest (absolute) value?
I think these facts could be inserted into the article somehow; maybe under a "Notes" section. Adam78 22:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- However, these two articles focus on the unit itself. The column highest banknote is just peripheral. Therefore, the trivia about 10,000 SGD is not mentioned anywhere. If it is the ranking of the physical form of currency, whether banknotes or coins, that you're interested in, I believe a separate article would be appropriate. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 23:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks again! I hope an article will be created about the above (highest- and lowest-value banknotes and highest-value coins). Adam78 18:58, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] I've seen otherwise
I've actually read sites that say that absolutely no paper and no wood is used in making money. Prove that paper is used in the PROCESS of making money. JustN5:12 19:16, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
