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I don't really care what is chosen, as long as it is chosen.
So that not everyone follows their own interpretation.
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The easiest is to READ what is written on the background page regarding the surcharge stamps and the notation of the two "values". But yeah, that's the last thing that gets done, of course. Has been there since the last "discussion" on this topic!
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Man, what a load of text. I would never have looked for that information there. But if you had just referred to that yesterday...
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Yesterday I was busy with other things, such as chess, Matter of making choices............
But that background page is divided into "chapters", the title of which has already been bolded on purpose. Helv and I have been thinking about that (!).
Moreover, the idea that people do everything abroad in the same way as we do in the low countries is of course already a wrong starting point.
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October 18, 2022 09:59
Man, what a load of text. I would never have looked for that information there. But if you had just referred to that yesterday...

Place a link to the page where the relevant background page is on, so that other collectors can also read this.
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October 18, 2022 12:04
https://www.lastdodo.nl/nl/areas/157253-latland
Choose: background page, read on, at the very end under details .

Previous discussion:
https://www.lastdodo.nl/nl/community/topics/27829-nominal-waarde-zegels-met-surcharge




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I have no active memories of that previous discussion ;-P
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It seems political....
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Indonesia's stamps often used the notation .- to indicate the face value. The suffix ,- is an alternative to the notation ,00. Some examples are:
#1917913 #1922423 #2023645 #1923173 and #1923251 with successively the nominal values 6,- 100,- 200,- 500,- and 2000,-. Some time ago all nominal values have been adjusted and in my opinion filled in correctly. However, there are people with a different vision, who are gradually adjusting everything. In the example above that would be 6 100 200 500 and 2000. Other users have restored part of it. But that's how we keep going. At least it keeps everyone off the streets. I'd like to pass the problem on to the admins. Please decide what format you want.
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There is no need to pass this problem on to the administrators. They shouldn't decide what format they want. The stamp instructions are clear about it for everybody. Read  section " 3. Nominal value " again.
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az60 Collectioneur
This recurring problem is caused by the phrase "face value". If you search for it on the internet, you will get an explanation 23 times already. Everything comes down to the fact that the indicated (printed) value of an object is meant. This can be a share, a coin, a banknote, etc.
But the currency must always be indicated (because 1 Rupiah is not the same as 1 Euro or 1 Crown). In that sense, therefore, ,- is an essential part of the "nominal value", just like /- .
Unfortunately, because the Handbook Stamps does not allow the currency, this problem cannot be solved, unless you replace "face value" with "postage on stamp". But then you still have the surcharge stamps. That surcharge, once spent, is only a donation to charity and will never add to the postage value. It is best to replace the field "nominal value" with "value on stamp" and record that possible in the Handbook. on the object, sales prices or surcharges are also stated after a + sign in connection with the "findability" of the object.
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It is best to replace the field "nominal value" with "value on stamp" and record that possible in the Handbook. on the object, sales prices or surcharges are also stated after a + sign in connection with the "findability" of the object.

There are bound to be different opinions on this. We would like to hear from you, but with arguments please
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You don't have to search the internet for a definition:



Is that text so confusing?
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Call it what it is: face value, no more no less, that's the number visible on the stamp. Has absolutely nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the converted value, is only a search data.
Moreover, you are looking for a country first and then face value, so any number you see will only be the currency of that country!
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That definition is spot on
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You thought so. Notorious example is India. According to a publication of the Indian Post from forty years back " the value of a postage stamp there is indicated in paise " (100 paise is 1 Rupee). So the number 5</u>00</u> (500 with a line under the zeros) means 500 paise. In recent years, 500 has been rejected by various administrators and replaced by 5.00 or 5.00. That is converted to Rupees. Placing that dot or comma in 5.00/5.00 actually already means a coin designation.
The pain is in the definition of "face value" and the LastDodo definition, which are incompatible. It is desirable to know whether the "nominal value" field is defined as numeric field or alphanumeric.
Morits Not for foreigners and inexperienced users. They hopefully look at what needs to be entered, and then get completely lost, as stamp managers can regularly determine.
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That is nonsense, literally copying what is written on the stamp, no more, no less. It is a selection given !
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So that means changing all 5.00 or 5.00 back to 500.
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Do not make any major adjustments before the pz administrators have a consensus on this.
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Is that text so confusing?
stripspeldjes Morits
I didn't think so. In my opinion, 6 or 1000 is the only correct way to enter the 'nominal value'. But others interpret the handbook differently and omit ,-. Apparently the manual isn't that clear after all. But I'm not going to argue about it either. I just want a decision from the administrators.
Loriot And I assume that decision is based on what's in the handbook.
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What you call it is completely unimportant: nominal value, value number, number, amount, ... as long as everyone knows what it is for.
And it must be dummy proof. It's just a filter field of what you see without needing to know a country's history.
So for Indonesia it is clear with ,-. For India, I'd like to know what postmaster has to say about this if it isn't literally written that way.
I've adjusted hundreds of values over the past few months (based on what I see, with no catalog, and with sometimes bad scans) and hundreds more to go. So it will be tape work, and yes I can make mistakes and in the beginning I didn't put the ,-. Whoever really owns the Sheets and can read it clearly, feel free to correct it.
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 But others interpret the handbook differently and omit ,-. Apparently the manual isn't that clear after all. 
Handbook: "Use point or comma like on the postage stamp." What's not clear here?
The decision has been made by the administrators about 10 years ago. 
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There are other things more urgent for administrators than a new decision on a discussion on the forum about "what exactly?".
All examples above about the way of writing down the nominal value are correct.
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Loriot Nothing is clear, not even found in the handbook. How do you want a novice user to be able to follow?
Why is 5 00 (no spaces allowed) in one country 5.00, in another country 5.00 and for India 500?
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There are indeed gray areas, such as stamps with a value that does not use a decimal separator, even though it is implied (eg by a space or with the last two digits slightly smaller).
The rule is then that a period or comma is used according to the custom in the country in question. However, that usage may have changed over the years, sometimes you will come across both a decimal point and a decimal comma, so you have to make your own choice (for stamps that have neither).
These are cases where opinions can clash.

There are other situations for which the handbook does not provide specific instructions. In fact, there should be documentation somewhere about what was chosen, for each specific country, and why.
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