20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0289	Circulating	Ethiopia	Abyssinia	Monarchy	1901	1913	1895	1903
0290	Circulating	Ethiopia	Abyssinia	Ruler Change	1916	1930	1925	1925
0291	Circulating	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Empire (a)	Empire (a)	1930	1936	1930	1931
0292	Circulating	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Empire & Federation	Empire (b)/Federation with Eritrea (from 1952)	1941	1962	1944	1944
0293	Circulating	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Prov'l Military Admin. Council (Derg)	Provisional Military Administrative Council	1974	1987	1977	1977
0294	Circulating	Faeroe Islands	Faeroe Islands	British Occupation - WWII	1940	1947	1941	1941
0295	Circulating	Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands	Ruler Change	1952	1985	1974	1999
0296	Circulating	Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands	British Dependent Territory	1985	eoc	1987	2000
0297	Circulating	Fiji	Fiji	Ruler Change	1910	1936	1934	1936
0298	Circulating	Fiji	Fiji	Ruler Change	1936	1936	1936	1936
0299	Circulating	Fiji	Fiji	Ruler Change	1936	1952	1937	1952
0300	Circulating	Fiji	Fiji	Ruler Change	1952	1970	1953	1968

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.