20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0337	Circulating	German East Africa	German East Africa	Coinage Reform			1904	1914
0338	Circulating	German East Africa	German East Africa	Coinage Reform			1916	1916
0339	Circulating	German New Guinea	German New Guinea	German Colony	1901	1920	1894	1895
0340	Circulating	Germany	German Empire	Empire	1901	1918	1873	1922
0341	Circulating	Germany	German Weimar Republic	Weimar Republic	1918	1933	1919	1923
0342	Circulating	Germany	German Weimar Republic	Coinage Reform			1923	1924
0343	Circulating	Germany	German Weimar Republic	Coinage Reform			1924	1938
0344	Circulating	Germany	German Third Reich	Third Reich	1933	1945	1933	1945
0345	Circulating	Germany	Germany, East	Democratic Republic	1949	1990	1948	1950
0346	Circulating	Germany	Germany, East	Coinage Reform			1952	1953
0347	Circulating	Germany	Germany, East	Coinage Reform			1956	1990
0348	Circulating	Germany	Germany, West - Allied Occupation	Allied Occupation	1945	1949	1945	1948

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.