20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0565	Circulating	Madagascar	Madagascar & Dependencies	French Colony	1901	1946	1943	1943
0566	Circulating	Madagascar	Madagascar	French Overseas Territory	1946	1958	1948	1958
0567	Circulating	Madagascar	Malagasy Republic	First Republic	1960	1975	1965	1991
0568	Circulating	Madagascar	Malagasy Democratic Republic	Democratic Republic	1975	1992	1978	1992
0569	Circulating	Madagascar	Madagasikara Republic	Third Republic	1992	eoc	1994	2000
0570	Circulating	Malawi	Malawi	British Commonwealth Realm	1964	1966	1964	1968
0571	Circulating	Malawi	Malawi	Republic	1966	1994	1971	1994
0572	Circulating	Malawi	Malawi	Ruler Change	1995	eoc	1995	2000
0573	Circulating	Malaya & British Borneo	Straits Settlements Dollar	Monetary Union	1901	1901	1871	1901
0574	Circulating	Malaya & British Borneo	Straits Settlements Dollar	Ruler Change	1901	1910	1902	1910
0575	Circulating	Malaya & British Borneo	Straits Settlements Dollar	Ruler Change	1910	1936	1916	1935
0576	Circulating	Malaya & British Borneo	Malaya Dollar	Monetary Union	1939	1952	1939	1950

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.