20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0145	Circulating	Canada	Canada	Coinage Reform			1967	1967
0146	Circulating	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Portuguese Republic Colony	1910	1951	1930	1930
0147	Circulating	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Coinage Reform			1949	1949
0148	Circulating	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Portuguese Overseas Province	1951	1975	1953	1968
0149	Circulating	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Republic	1975	eoc	1977	1990
0150	Circulating	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	Coinage Reform			1994	1995
0151	Circulating	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	British Colony	1962	1983	1972	1986
0152	Circulating	Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands	British Dependent Territory	1983	eoc	1987	2000
0153	Circulating	Central African Republic	Central African Republic (1)	First Republic	1960	1976	1971	1972
0154	Circulating	Central African Republic	Central African Empire	Empire	1976	1979	1978	1978
0155	Circulating	Central African Republic	Central African Republic (2)	Second Republic	1979	eoc	1975	1998
0156	Circulating	Central African States	French Equatorial Africa	French Colony	1934	1946	1942	1943

Notes to the above table:

Column A numbers the 1086 Coin Series from my definitive list for the 20th Century. The 1000 Circulating series are listed first, followed by the Non-Circulating types. Note that Non-Circulating types are only included where the Coin Issuing Entity did not issue Circulating coinage.

Column C shows the main 273 entities. (Please note that I use the word entity rather than country as monetary unions and dependencies that are self autonomous, and officially issue their own coinage are included, not just sovereign states.) This is a good starting point for an OFEC collection.

Column D includes all of the sub-entities of the Main Entities. By sub-entity I mean the 1086 different coinage types or series produced by the main entities.

These include all coinage reforms, where no political change has taken place. There are several reasons for this. For instance an entity may simply decide to change the overall design of their coins. Usually however, there is an underlying reason for such a change. There may have been a devaluation of the currency, or they may for example have decimalised such as the UK did in 1971.

Column E shows the Political Designation of the Sub-Entity, or it shows the reason for the change of coinage such as a change of ruler or coinage re-design.

The dates given in the remaining columns also need explanation. The first set of dates reflect the period during which the Sub-Entity existed, or at least an approximation as the dates are not always cut and dried. Where no dates appear it is usually because the Entity in question is a change of coinage only and therefore the previous Political Entity would still be in effect. The second set of dates are the date range of the coins issued for that Sub-Entity.