20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0541	Circulating	Liberia	Liberia	Coinage Reform			1937	2000
0542	Circulating	Libya	Libya	Monarchy	1951	1969	1952	1952
0543	Circulating	Libya	Libya	Coinage Reform			1965	1965
0544	Circulating	Libya	Libyan Arab Republic	Arab Republic	1969	1977	1975	1975
0545	Circulating	Libya	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Socialist People's	Socialist People's Republic	1977	1986	1979	1979
0546	Circulating	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Principality	1901	1929	1900	1915
0547	Circulating	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Coinage Reform			1924	1924
0548	Circulating	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Ruler Change	1929	1938	1930	1930
0549	Circulating	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Ruler Change	1938	1989	1946	1946
0550	Circulating	Lithuania	Lithuania	Republic	1918	1940	1925	1938
0551	Circulating	Lithuania	Lithuania	Modern Republic	1990	eoc	1991	1991
0552	Circulating	Lithuania	Lithuania	Coinage Reform			1997	2000

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.