These merits were given when the merit system was first implemented. Users with member rank and above received merits based on their rank.

Ah now i got it.
Sadly my previous account was banned for no reason Sad

It has some merit on it. and was OLD account since Jan 2015 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=409485

For what "no reason" was banned? In theory you cannot create an Alt to avoid a ban, thus your current user may be banned at any time.