Create separate issuers under British East Indies [επιλυμένο]

Hi all, I think it's time that we separate the separate provinces listed as currencies (old Numista system) and list them similarly to the Belgian and Indian princely states as was done before. This include the following subissuers:

Aceh
Deli
Malacca
Minangkabau
Perak
Siak
Sulawesi
Sultana
Trumon
Sumatra
Penang
Java

Thank you

Since your list includes Sultana it isn't a list of provinces.

My understanding (from Saran Singh) is that the merchant tokens were issued by a group of Singaporean merchants and it would be appropriate to have less separation for that group of tokens than they currently have.

@by.abay What would be your opinion on the matter please?

Deli, Sultana, and Minangkabau is not equivalent of “princely states.” They are, as mentioned by Saran Sigh, made by British merchants based in Singapore. The locations in these tokens were specifically chosen to be vague, fictitious, or outside the jurisdiction of British and Dutch colonial areas so that colonial authorities could not sue the merchants for circulating money in their territories.

Due to this, it is my understanding that it would be somewhat appropriate to make them separate as it suggests they were issued by separate provinces; they are not

OK, could you please separate the list into two groups - merchant tokens and actual coinage of provinces/states?

From what I could gather, (with examples):

Merchant token

Aceh

N#108444
Deli

N#24412
Malacca

N#34007
Minangkabau

N#24415
Perak

N#135443
Siak

N#24413
Sulawesi

N#48334
Sultana

N#101469
Trumon

N#43829
Sumatra

N#25032
 

Actual coinage

Sumatra (there is token Sumatra and coinage Sumatra)

N#27286

Penang

N#21669

Java (surabaya is the location of the mint)

N#129068

Bengkulu (bencoolen)

N#303617