20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0553	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Grand Duchy	1901	1905	1901	1901
0554	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Ruler Change	1905	1912	1908	1908
0555	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	German Occupation	1914	1918	1915	1916
0556	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Grand Duchy	1918	1919	1918	1923
0557	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Ruler Change	1919	1964	1924	1924
0558	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Coinage Reform			1927	1972
0559	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Ruler Change	1964	2000	1965	1989
0560	Circulating	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Coinage Reform			1988	1995
0561	Circulating	Macao	Macao	Portuguese Overseas Province	1951	1976	1952	1980
0562	Circulating	Macao	Macao	Chinese Special Territory (Portuguese Admin)	1976	1999	1982	1988
0563	Circulating	Macao	Macao	Coinage Reform			1992	1998
0564	Circulating	Macedonia	Macedonia	Republic	1993	eoc	1993	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.