Missing info in the "Issuing Entity" section

Hello,

quite often I discover that certain mints are missing from the “Issuing Entity” section. How can one add information there? Most recent I noticed that even the simplest entry is missing: The United States Mint…. ??

Best

D.

United States Mint is not an issuing entity.

Aidan.

okay, United States Mint Philadelphia then

Mints are indicated in a separate field.

Aidan.

You can find that information under the section Mints.

But this leads to another question. Why do US Banknotes have the Issuing entity United States Department of the Treasury  but coins do not? They too are issues by the United States Department of the Treasury.

rsirian1

You can find that information under the Section Mints.

 

But this leads to another question. Why do US Banknotes have the Issuing entity United States Department of the Treasury  but coins do not? The too are issues by the United States Department of the Treasury.

The Federal Reserve Banking System is the actual issuing entity.

The Department of the Treasury is a government agency.

Aidan.

BCNumismatics

rsirian1

You can find that information under the Section Mints.

 

But this leads to another question. Why do US Banknotes have the Issuing entity United States Department of the Treasury  but coins do not? The too are issues by the United States Department of the Treasury.

 

The Federal Reserve Banking System is the actual issuing entity.

 

The Department of the Treasury is a government agency.

 

Aidan.

That didn't answer my question. The question was why coins are treated differently from banknotes. 

Federal Reserve Banking System is not an option.

This is America's version of a central bank;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve .

Aidan.

BCNumismatics

This is America's version of a central bank;

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve .

 

Aidan.

So I'm guessing you don't know either.

The mint is always included (if known), but the issuing entity…

https://en.numista.com/help/add-or-modify-an-issuing-entity-in-the-catalogue-193.html

It is only when an item bears the name or logo of, for instance, a bank or a company which is at the origin of its issue, that this entity is considered as an issuing entity. Any institution linked to the coin or note but not represented or named on it can be described in comments, but not in the “issuing entity” field.

Usually, coins do not have the name of the issuing entity. Special cases are, for example, Costa Rica N#6833 or the Russian Federation N#14589

davidhs

The mint is always included (if known), but the issuing entity…

 

https://en.numista.com/help/add-or-modify-an-issuing-entity-in-the-catalogue-193.html

It is only when an item bears the name or logo of, for instance, a bank or a company which is at the origin of its issue, that this entity is considered as an issuing entity. Any institution linked to the coin or note but not represented or named on it can be described in comments, but not in the “issuing entity” field.

 United States Department of the Treasury is nowhere to be found on the banknotes.  So you're saying it should be removed?

Write an example, please. The first message does not have links.

Here

rsirian1

Here

Yes, according guidelines the issuing entity should be empty, and write in comments that the issuing entity is that. Like here N#77601

Personally, if the issuing entity is known 100%, it should be possible to add it to the fields, but with the current guidelines it is not possible.

I suppose this was written this way because the issuing entity is difficult to know and to avoid misinformation.