20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0577	Circulating	Malaya & British Borneo	Malaya and British Borneo Dollar	Monetary Union	1952	1963	1953	1962
0578	Circulating	Malaysia	Malaysia	Monarchy, Federal Elective Constitutional	1963	eoc	1967	1988
0579	Circulating	Malaysia	Malaysia	Coinage Reform			1989	2000
0580	Circulating	Maldives	Maldives	British Protectorate (Sultanate)	1901	1902	1900	1902
0581	Circulating	Maldives	Maldives	Ruler Change	1902	1934	1913	1913
0582	Circulating	Maldives	Maldives	British Protected State (Sultanate)	1954	1965	1960	1979
0583	Circulating	Maldives	Maldives	Second Republic	1968	eoc	1982	2000
0584	Circulating	Mali	Mali	Republic	1960	eoc	1961	1961
0585	Circulating	Mali	Mali	Coinage Reform			1975	1977
0586	Circulating	Malta	Malta	British Colony	1901	1901	1866	1888
0587	Circulating	Malta	Malta	Ruler Change	1901	1910	1902	1902
0588	Circulating	Malta	Malta	Ruler Change	1910	1936	1913	1913

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.