20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0325	Circulating	French Indo-China	Vietnam, Empire of (Annam)	Region			1907	1916
0326	Circulating	French Indo-China	Vietnam, Empire of (Annam)	Region			1916	1925
0327	Circulating	French Indo-China	Vietnam, Empire of (Annam)	Region			1925	1945
0328	Circulating	French Polynesia	French Oceania	French Overseas Territory	1946	1957	1949	1952
0329	Circulating	French Polynesia	French Polynesia	French Overseas Territory	1957	eoc	1965	2000
0330	Circulating	Gabon	Gabon	Republic	1960	eoc	1971	1972
0331	Circulating	Gabon	Gabon	Coinage Reform			1975	1985
0332	Circulating	Gambia, The	Gambia, The	British Commonwealth Realm	1965	1970	1966	1966
0333	Circulating	Gambia, The	Gambia, The	Republic	1970	eoc	1971	1987
0334	Circulating	Gambia, The	Gambia, The	Coinage Reform			1998	1998
0335	Circulating	Georgia	Georgia	Unitary Republic	1992	eoc	1993	2000
0336	Circulating	German East Africa	German East Africa	German Colony	1901	1919	1890	1902

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.